Snake Oil II

One of the many items I came across in research to help my pain was medical marijuana.  Yes, I am one of those.  It has been a blessing in my life and I know that my Heavenly Father has placed it on this earth for our benefit as a medicine.  I DO NOT abuse it and I only use it out of desperation for my pain management.  I have tried everything.  Since I have suffered for so long with FM, I have had several crisis where I have been on heavy duty narcotics i.e. Methadone, OxyContin, Opana, Dilaudid, Percocet, Fentanyl, and the list goes on.  I was receiving these pills like candy.  Refills were handed to me as freely as flyers on the street.  I was a zombie and my family didn't know me anymore.  At times they thought I was Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones...I would just start jamming on the guitar (Ok maybe not).  I was blessed to wean myself off after 6 years without addiction and I'm terrified of going back.  Those pills took me to a bad place and  were so much more harmful to my body than the marijuana.  I now do my research and find out about strains and make my own tinctures with high CBD (for pain) and low (THC) psychoactive.  With these tinctures I make pills and edibles that actually help my pain!  Yesssss finally...no more constipation!  Oh, did I say that out loud?!  Don't you HATE that about those narcotics?  Ugh!