Meridian, Idaho

I never did smoke any marijuana again.

Not because it was a bad experience.

But because I found something better!

After smoking my first joint, I started Googling marijuana options again to learn more.

Turns out that marijuana for medical patients comes in many different forms. And now that recreational marijuana is legal in some states, these different forms are available to all who decide to imbibe.

First off, a bit about the strains of marijuana. There are three strain categories: sativa, indica, and hybrid.

Here are the descriptions for sativa and indica:

While discussing options with the saleswoman in Telluride, we decided that a hybrid of sativa and indica would best meet my desires.

But, and I’m not sure why, the Telluride store didn’t sell any marijuana other than the actual cannabis.

In my research, I found out that other stores sell medibles–cannabis-infused foods.

So off we drove to Durango, Colorado, to a store that sold medibles.

There were dozens of choices from the quintessential pot brownies to lollypots (oops lollypops)  to tootsie rolls. There are even drops that you can add to your favorite drink.

I bought a few tootsie rolls to try while we were still legal within Colorado.

They were FANTASTIC! I didn’t cough my lungs up. I didn’t stink to high heaven (no pun intended). And I still got high.

When consuming medibles, the high takes longer to come through than when smoking. And users must be careful to wait a while before deciding to have more because it’s easy to consume more than you think you are.

All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed my Rocky Mountain Highs.

Will I do it again? You bet! I’d love to go back to Colorado, Washington, Alaska, or Oregon and get high again.

I hope that some day in my lifetime marijuana is as legal as alcohol and as illegal as alcohol is to imbibe and drive.

On a purely personal note:

I have neuropathy. All four of my limbs are numb and tingly. My legs are affected from my knees down, and my arms are affected from my elbows down. It feels like I have ants crawling under my skin 24 hours a day/7 days a week. I tried the standard traditional medicine for it, and my sensations decreased by 50%. Unfortunately, after the second dose I started urinating blood, so I stopped the medication.

If marijuana were medically legal in Idaho, I’d be asking my neurologist for a prescription because on the few times I used marijuana (consuming medibles or smoking a joint) my sensations decreased by 75% while I was high.

I wouldn’t consume it all the time, but it certainly would be nice to fall asleep a couple of times a week without thinking ants are under my skin. 🙂