Dont judge....Diabetes and cannabis?

• Stabilise blood sugars - a large body of anecdotal evidence is building among diabetics to support this.
• Suppress some of the arterial inflammation commonly experienced by diabetics, which can lead to cardiovascular disease
• Prevent nerve inflammation and ease the pain of neuropathy - the most common complication of diabetes - by stimulating receptors in the body and brain.
• Lower blood pressure over time, which can help reduce the risk of heart disease and other diabetes complications
• Keep blood vessels open and improve circulation.
• Relieve muscle cramps and the pain of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders
• Be used to make topical creams to relieve neuropathic pain and tingling in hands and feet

Giverny said:

Taken from the Diabetes.co.uk page on Cannabis:

A research paper published by the American Alliance for Medical Cannabis (AAMC) suggested that cannabis can help:

• Stabilise blood sugars - a large body of anecdotal evidence is building among diabetics to support this.
• Suppress some of the arterial inflammation commonly experienced by diabetics, which can lead to cardiovascular disease
• Prevent nerve inflammation and ease the pain of neuropathy - the most common complication of diabetes - by stimulating receptors in the body and brain.
• Lower blood pressure over time, which can help reduce the risk of heart disease and other diabetes complications
• Keep blood vessels open and improve circulation.
• Relieve muscle cramps and the pain of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders
• Be used to make topical creams to relieve neuropathic pain and tingling in hands and feet

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mo1905 said:

You'll get many remarks on this, some partake and say it helps lower BG, others totally against it. Up to you really. I don't use it but I have done in my youth ! Live and let live is my motto !


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xyzzy said:

Sounds like good stuff. Where can I get some

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MCMLXXIII said:

Somewhere.
A pharmaceutical is attempting to standardize it, tax the living **** out of it, THEN say it's okay

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Andy12345 said:

i was a very heavy user of canabis from childhood, i stopped once i got diagnosed with db, strange really i didnt mean to i just kinda stopped smoking it, i gave up smoking and never really enjoyed it as much through my little pipe, havent missed it at all, havent had a doob since summer last year. i believe it should be legalised but if my kids ever get caught trying it ill kill em lol

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captainpixie said:

I used to smoke it, not heavily, I was a total lightweight. I started when I was 19, stopped when I was around 24/25, I don't drink, or smoke, or smoke hash anymore. I got very ill, nearly died, tried to have a ciggie and was violently sick, thought it was as good a time as any to give it all up!

My Mum knew i smoked, she was very NOT happy about it but she let me. I smoked my friends home grown stuff round her's. Mum knew I was somewhere safe, literally 12 door down from where we lived.

I asked her about it a few years later why she left me too it. she said she knew me, she understood why I was smoking it and she had faith I would kick the habit when i needed to. she didn't want to push me away and she wanted to keep a close eye on me, if I had to hide it she would worry more than she was. (thou she did say if it had gotten out of hand she'd have me sectioned and dragged off to get me clean)

I had NO IDEA whatsoever that it could be used to help lower your BP! thats interesting, I wonder WHY it lowers your BP? could it possibly be used in some other form than hash to help with lowering your BP? makes you wonder.

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