Cannabis pitched as pain killer at AIDS conference

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http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-08-14T224432Z_01_N14331150_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-AIDS-CANNABIS-DC.XML

The light scent of marijuana wafted among exhibits at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto on Monday, as activists took advantage of Canada's comparatively pot-friendly policies to make a pitch for the drug as a pain-killer.

"This is the first time that an exhibit of this kind has been at the AIDS conference," said Hilary Black, spokeswoman for the Medical Marijuana Information Resource Center which along with the Canadian AIDS Society sponsored the display.

"It's possible that it may be the only time, until we see a global shift around the policies governing this plant."

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The Canadian resource center is backed by Cannasat Therapeutics Inc., a Toronto-based research company trying to develop cannabis-based medicine that would eventually be available by prescription.

The group has been passing out information on legal access and tips on the use of cannabis as a medicine and dealing with reaction from participants who have come from around the world for the week-long conference.

[TalkingDog]

1. I found out about the pain killing properties....

when I was doing some research on reducing muscle pain from work outs.

I make my own tinctures. I get to control the herbs that I use and it is very cost effective. I read that marijuana was used topically as a muscle relaxant, so I decided to try it on a back spasm.

I had tinctured some that a friend gave me, so that he could test it out and compare it to the smokeable kind. The results were amazing.

The spasm diminished by 90% almost immediately and although it did not disappear completely, it did not return to it's former level of pain.

I have shared the tincture with other people without telling them about my experience and they have reported similar results.

I had only dabbled in smoking as a teen, and found the experience did not bear repeating. But I think using it for pain management is a great idea.


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[Ayesha]

2. That sounds great

How does one make a tincture like that? I have muscle stiffness and occasional pain from my disability, and my partner has fibromyalgia. We both benefit from smoking but this sounds like it could help as much or more.