The discussion on coffee and caffeine has for some time been a problem for me. With a migraine disorder the only thing I can take to help is an OTC with caffeine. Sometimes taking one pill with a little coffee helps the pill work better. My sister can just use a little coffee to abort her migraine attack so..... Which is worse the coffee or more pain meds or other rx drugs that are truly poison with awful side effects. There is no one perfect answer. I would give this stuff up in a heart beat if I could control the migraine symptoms naturally.
I have a question.One of our church members who is facing church discipline for an unrelated problem is growing marijuana. He has 6 large plants in his garden that he was happy to show me. He has a card and the legal papers signed by a physician that makes it legal for him to grow and use it. But not sell it which I'm sure he plans to do anyway. I know that he is thinking that since he is growing and using it legally, he has multiple physical problems including back pain, and migraine headaches, the church has nothing to say about it. But my thinking is that alcohol is also legal, but a person who uses alcohol cannot be a member of the Adventist church.I would like to hear thoughts on this.
Quote from: Larry Lyons on July 13, 2016, 05:06:42 PMI have a question.One of our church members who is facing church discipline for an unrelated problem is growing marijuana. He has 6 large plants in his garden that he was happy to show me. He has a card and the legal papers signed by a physician that makes it legal for him to grow and use it. But not sell it which I'm sure he plans to do anyway. I know that he is thinking that since he is growing and using it legally, he has multiple physical problems including back pain, and migraine headaches, the church has nothing to say about it. But my thinking is that alcohol is also legal, but a person who uses alcohol cannot be a member of the Adventist church.I would like to hear thoughts on this.I would think that the prohibition on the use of alcohol is for "recreational" use. One would hardly disfellowship someone for the use of alcohol if given under the care of a physician, and there have been accepted conditions where alcohol has been used. Marijuana presents problems. The fellow cited in the quote would be difficult to speak to as the severity of his medical problems can only be guessed at. However, I believe many people are using health problems as an excuse for a medical marijuana card. As far as the back pain goes, marijuana could make someone too lazy to do the things you have to do to get over back pain!The church should go very slowly in cases of members using marijuana for medical reasons. It does have well documented benefits in certain conditions. Knee jerk reactions regarding marijuana are very uncalled. There was a case where a church member was disfellowshipped over medical marijuana:http://atoday.org/adventist-woman-disfellowshiped-for-medical-marijuana-use/
There isn't always a way to treat back pain naturally by exercise etc. I have friends who had serious injuries. The only relief was oxycodone or morphine like drugs. To take enough of these drugs to relieve the pain made them zombies. Marijuana helped them get back their life to the best it can be. Some people with migraine find great relief by using it and others don't. I have no problem with it being used in a medical way but recreationally - no. To grow it for ones own use is ok but any other intent isn't in my thinking. Selling it is illegal in my state unless you are licensed to do so even though medical and recreational marijuana is legal. For myself I would like to know which is less harmful, coffee or acetaminophen?
There isn't always a way to treat back pain naturally by exercise etc. I have friends who had serious injuries. The only relief was oxycodone or morphine like drugs. To take enough of these drugs to relieve the pain made them zombies. Marijuana helped them get back their life to the best it can be. For myself I would like to know which is less harmful, coffee or acetaminophen?