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Scientists found a cannabis compound that relieves pain without the high (www.sciencedaily.com)

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[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I'm going to run with a little cynicism.

I live somewhere where cannabis is not legal. There's pressure, sure, but there's resistance too.

One of the factors that helped it legalized in western countries like Canada and the US is the notion of health. Pain relief. Treatment for some chronic illnesses.

That's cool. But imagine a pharmaceutical company isolates those health things.

No need to legalized cannabis anymore.

This stuff supports the anti-lefalisation movement by taking the benefits from it.

Damned if we want to use if recreationally.

[–] nanometer1625@thelemmy.club 4 points 2 hours ago

Is it a noose made of hemp

[–] Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Of course they did, god forbid anyone should have any fun. Fucking puritans.

[–] pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 hours ago

Hey, that's cool! This seems promising for enabling people dealing with chronic pain to have more options for ways to control pain without needing to potentially compromise mental function when they need it. Now to scroll through the comment section to see everyone's completely reasonable and measured takes.

[–] Betch@lemmy.world 17 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

This is so stupid. Just more pointless research to make you look the wrong way. Like Cannabis is this miracle plant that could offer us things we didn't have access to before.

I love Cannabis, she has been one of my best friends for over 25 years but let's not kid ourselves. These terpenes aren't unique to Cannabis, you shouldn't be getting them from Cannabis, you should be getting them from your food.

Unfortunately the food you are sold is dead and empty. Not only are processed foods stripped of all you actually need to support a healthy body, the fruits and veggies you buy are mostly dead strains that are grown in dead soil. It's cheaper upfront, but then you have to pay for it in supplements, taxes and hospital bills.

Geraniol: Citronella, rose, lemongrass

Linalool: Lavender, mints, citrus, coriander, basil

Beta-caryophyllene: Black pepper, rosemary, cloves, hops

Alpha-humulene: Sage, hops, ginseng, ginger, mints

Terpenes are the key. Spice up your lives.

[–] Numenor@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Slam it to the left if you're havin' a good time, shake it to the right If ya know that you feel fine

[–] Betch@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

Chicas to the front! Ha! Ha!

[–] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 42 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

Yall are fuckin wierd lol. I absolutely love cannabis, both recreationally and medically. But if there's an additional choice to isolate the pain relief aspect without the psychoactive effects of THC, that would be amazing as well. It's not an either/or choice - there are absolutely use cases for both. Regardless, I'm pretty skeptical that terpenes are any more useful for pain control than essential oils are.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago

This industry relies on innuendo and bots to fill comments on Reddit, anything but actual clinical trials with placebo controls. Same thing with terpene sleep aids.

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[+] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world -17 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

I love as this news spread, all the "but i need it for my pain/depression/etc/etc!, its the only thing that helps!" types are now just straight up basically saying they don't give a fuck about anything it does but the high.

I knew this was gonna happen.

Just like I know the type of responses I'm gonna get from the outed potheads and addicts.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Potheads and addicts? Holy shit, is it still 1990 and you’ve got some weird fucking prejudice against how other people choose to spend their time or how they medicate themselves? Oh boy…

Just like I know the type of responses I'm gonna get

You invite the circus when you put the clown mask on.

[+] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world -19 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

Potheads and addicts? Holy shit, is it still 1990 and you’ve got some weird fucking prejudice against how other people choose to spend their time or how they medicate themselves? Oh boy…

I dont care what you do in your own home.

But potheads, like vegans, cant just contain it to their own home and shut up about it. They gotta make sure everyone, everywhere, in every fucking conversation, knows about what they do.

And for the longest time, they all tried to hide behind pot being the magical medicine that cured all woes, and now we have science actually isolating beneficial components without hte high, and the overwhelming response is "NO, I DONT WANT THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS, I WANT THE HIGH", which is exactly what addicts would say.

[–] Squirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 minutes ago

You are shadowboxing lol. I see orders of magnitude more people complaining about vegans with little to no prompting than I see any vegans saying they are vegan.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 15 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

What kind of naïve person makes grandiose claims of others, while also unfairly aggregating them to the grouping of your own subjective, unflattering, and inaccurate images of them? You’re basically inventing these people, potheads and vegan, to make a dumb point about how some people like to talk about their personal choices a lot. Whoopty doo, you dweeb.

You know what’s funny? Aside from the fact that I’m mentioning it now, I consume a grotesque volume of cannabis. Truly grotesque, I promise more than whatever you’re thinking. I don’t bring it up, though, ever. Why? Because I’m an actual human being, as opposed to whatever fantasy you’ve got going on up there.

And for the longest time, they all tried to hide behind pot being the magical medicine that cured all woes, and now we have science actually isolating beneficial components without hte high, and the overwhelming response is "NO, I DONT WANT THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS, I WANT THE HIGH", which is exactly what addicts would say.

No it’s not. Please, for the love of god, do good research and get that stuff. That’s great for children, people who don’t want to be high, and people who can’t be high (e.g., on the clock) but still need the medicine.

I still want to get high, though. There’s nothing wrong with that. The issue is with you, if you have a problem with that.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You are the one who brought up vegens in a conversation about pot. But sure, keep telling that yourself.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world -1 points 3 hours ago

Sure buddy.

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I bet you're a riot at parties, huh.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world -3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

If you're going to go for the personal attack, could you at least be entertaining with it? This is something a 14 year old would regurgitate 30 years ago.

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Oh sorry, I thought I'd try for something a moron would understand. I didn't want to use too many big words and confuse you.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Next time try lowering the bar to something a moron can actually produce instead of worrying about other people 👍

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Never met someone smoking weed who acts like a militant vegan about it.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

Yeah... Maybe they like getting high too. What's the problem? The only issue I see with cannabis is that people smoke it.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 3 points 5 hours ago

Rage bait.

[–] Timonesaysno@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Used one without the high. Worked beautifully. Too expensive in the long run. But really appreciated it. Dont want the high at all. It had no side effects. Just gentle pain relief. Bliss.

[–] cambridgeport90@techhub.social 2 points 5 hours ago

@Timonesaysno I love the high from cannabis, but that doesn’t mean that I want it necessarily in all situations. Like for instance, on Friday night I randomly got nauseous, and the only thing I had was my THC vape. Well, I didn’t care, because we were having fun anyway, I may not have been able to get away with that is easily outside of a chill situation, such as a softball game, which is where I was last night.

[–] Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

If I'm in chronic pain then I'm going to want to be high too. Nothing wrong with being high in your own house.

-I don't even like weed. The high just feels like taking benedryl to me.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 hours ago

It would be better to have both as an option.

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They made it suck.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

They already did this a long time ago, with Marinol, a course of which costed like 20k, while a 50 dollar baggie of weed would better do the job.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Because god forbid anyone ever feel a high that doesnt benefit corporate cartels.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, i don't want to feel high while i try to relieve some pain yk

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

ITT: a lot of people who don’t suffer from chronic pain.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 16 hours ago

My dad his disautonomia so he has to smoke weed in order to cope with the pain from his nervous system.

He'd rather not use pain killers aka morphine aka opiates for risk of getting addicted to those.

Hopefully this compound will help his pain tolerance without giving him the high

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