Your Various Options for Taking Medicinal Marijuana
by Julia Gregory
If you have cancer or another medical condition and your physician has suggested you try medical marijuana to alleviate your symptoms, then there are many different ways you can take it. While you can always smoke the cannabis flowers, often referred to as "buds", you also have many other options if you have comprised lungs or other reasons for not wanting to do so.
To consume medicinal marijuana, you have all of these various options you can choose from:
Edible Cannabis Products
If you want a simple way to take medicinal marijuana, then edibles are a great option. You can purchase everything from lollipops and brownies to coffees and teas that contain cannabis. The medicinal marijuana edible products are simple to consume and there are options to fit every budget.
The one caveat about taking cannabis orally is that it will take up to a couple of hours to take effect and the effects you feel will be different than if you smoked the same strain of the marijuana plant.
Vaporize Flower Buds
If you want to smoke the marijuana plants flower buds but don't want the extra cancer risk that comes from smoking the plant material, then you can always purchase a vaporizer. This type of vaporizer super-heats the flower buds and turns the compounds into essentially a steam. The steam is collected in a large balloon and you then inhale the steam from the balloon.
Vaporize Marijuana Oils
Whether you want the psychoactive effects of the THC or if you prefer to consume CBD and other cannabinoids from the marijuana plant, you can purchase oils containing these extracted compounds. To consume them, you place the oils in a handheld vaporizing pen. The pen heats the oil and releases the marijuana compounds into your lungs.
Place Oil Sublingually Under Your Tongue
The tissue under your tongue quickly absorbs medications and this is the reason you see medications such as the heart medication nitroglycerine placed there when someone believes they are having a heart attack. Just as the sublingual application of nitroglycerine is quick and effective, so, too, is applying medical cannabis oils under your tongue.
Other Medicinal Marijuana Options for Physical Ailments
Lastly, it's important to mention the medicinal compounds found in cannabis are often extracted and then put into tinctures, lotions, and body sprays. These are wonderful ways to utilize the medical benefits of the cannabis plant without ingesting it and ensure the medication gets to just the right place where it's needed.
Contact a team like Sunburst Pharm to learn more about the different options you can choose for medical marijuana.
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The decision to move one of my parents into assisted living was one of the most difficult I have ever made. I had extreme feelings of guilt that led to me being at the facility with my parent practically around the clock. It took a few months before I realized that I could not let my own life fall apart from the guilt I was feeling. I also learned that my parent was fine without me constantly hovering around. Since that time, I have had several friends express similar feelings of guilt. I started this blog to help others in the same situation understand not only their feelings about assisted living, but those of their parents.