US CA: Column: Which Pot Works?

Sacramento News & Review, 30 Aug 2012 – A Refresher on How Cannabis Can Remedy Symptoms SN&R’s covered this story before, but it’s worth repeating: Different tokes for different folks. Here’s a look at what cannabis can accomplish. Pain: Patients commonly report that pot doesn’t actually eliminate pain, rather, weed dethrones it. As Americans for Safe Access San Francisco patient advocate David Goldman pointed out, the pain is still there, but it’s not as insistent or overwhelming. "The person is no longer obsessed with it," Goldman explained. "Part of the misery of pain and suffering is the obsessing about it. You can’t think about anything else besides how much misery and pain you’re in. Cannabis can distract you."