When the diagnosis changes

For anyone with an autoimmune disease, it is well known that it can take years, sometimes decades to have a solid diagnosis with which to FINALLY come to terms with, and to be able to gather up all the right tools to handle. What gets frustrating, if all those years weren’t infuriating enough on their…

Hemp vs Marijuana: The Truth

Let’s all be honest for a moment and talk about the hemp versus marijuana debate and discuss the fact that it’s a whole bunch of BULLS**T! When the 2018 Agricultural Act (The Farm Bill) was being tossed around, long before it became law, the companies counting on it to pass also counted on people believing…

RSO – Not all are created equal

If you have been around cannabis for any amount of time you have heard of RSO, or Rick Simpson Oil, and I hope you have checked out what it is and his amazing story. If not, let’s take a quick moment to discuss who Rick Simpson is, and what he created. Rick Simpson is a…

Addiction vs Dependence

I have come to realize when you are discussing medical cannabis with someone who has never consumed the plant before that next to intoxication, addiction is the biggest concern. Even when you discuss this with someone who works at a dispensary, or even a substance abuse counselor you find that the answers are inconsistent and…

Strength in purpose

Needless to say there have been interruptions, delays, a back surgery, and now a global pandemic! During all this time I have maintained my presence on my other social media platforms, engaging with new and exciting people and finding out a lot about myself. If you aren’t following, please join me on Instagram @spoonfulofmarijuana! As…

30+ Years of Addiction

If you go and Google addiction, you are going to come up with a whole bunch of definitions.Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief…

Commercial Interruption

As everyone knows, my intention had been to share my 30 year story of addiction this last week. However, my significant other apparently had other plans for us! On Monday July 8th, he was slammed by a Grand Mal seizure out of no where that put him in the Intensive Care Unit for the majority…

A little hiccup

This will be the first time I have written a post sitting in bed, but the last couple of weeks my body and I have been having a bit of a disagreement on what needs to get done. The body has won, so some self care has been on the menu, which always leads to…

Terpenes! What they are and what they mean to you!

I have thrown a lot of words at you, and a lot of information now about myself and about cannabis and I keep repeating one word, here and on the rest of my social media, TERPENE! That’s because as more research is performed throughout the world the more we come to know and the latest research keeps pointing to the hydrocarbons known as terpenes.