This may sound crazy to some, but I think a possible future "miracle drug" or "treatment" that may help some addicts, alcoholics, depression, and even post traumatic stress disorder is going to be Marijuana.
The reason I am thinking it may be good for some alcoholics and/or addicts is that some people can "replace" their addiction with an alternative. If that alternative is not so destructive, then it may become a good alternative treatment.
We kind of see that already with some narcotics addicts treatments that are really alternatives like Suboxone.
I think in the next 10 or so years, perhaps MJ can become a good and less destructive treatment for alcholics and addicts. Not all, but perhaps a large enough number to make it a viable treatment.
I'll throw my hat in that ring too, Hatfield.
Suboxone has a terrible abuse record in the US, and Dr.s don't give it out lightly, even though there are responsible patients out there that just want to feel "normal", like those dealing with chronic depression.
The biggest road block for MJ is Big Pharma as far as Nation Wide legislation. All of the "chemicals" they push with their often terrible side effects make them a huge amount of money.
Oxy in any form is another devastating drug that has been proven to push people for a cheaper substitute, heroin. Oxy's increased dosages cause "phantom pain", causing the patient to get their docs to prescribe more.
We can thank the war in the Middle East for that, the biggest opium harvests on record, ever, because deals made with the US military and Afghanistan opium Warlords. And the demand pushed Mexico into more opium cultivation, along with countries in South America.
The irony is that the Taliban and IS are funding their stupid insanity with opium and heroin, not only from Afghanistan, but South America via Africa, and creating a whole new group of addicts in the African States where their "Drug Highway" goes through. Iraq now has a considerable amount of heroin addicts that was almost unheard of during Saddam's reign.
Spellbound: I feel your pain. You have choices only you can make.
I was a "fixer". I tried everything with both ex husbands and my daughter. I had to let it go. I couldn't change anyone and had to reclaim my life. I just couldn't do it anymore. Call me a coward, selfish, or whatever. You hear "Let go and Let God"............well, it is what it is.
Whatever you do, just make sure your well being and your health comes first. You've been down this road before. Don't let it destroy you. Bottom line, only your son can change himself.
I changed for myself when I was about 25. I had done enough drugs and alcohol for 3 lifetimes. I started as self medicating at 12: whatcha going to do when your grandpa molests you from the earliest age you remember and nobody gives a flip? Then it's all about dealing with the garbage you were "stuffing" after you get sober.
But I'm still here, almost 30 years later...........because I didn't want to die. At times it's been extremely hard, and, no, I don't and won't ever go back to using and abusing because it serves no purpose. My demons are out of the box, I can take them on mano e mano, or just chillax and ride it out.
No one was there to help me, pick me up, guide me in a direction, it was all just self survival.
I had to make that choice.
I hope your son makes that choice. Life can be so extraordinary being sober, if he just has the courage to accept the good and the bad, the challenges and the unexpected triumphs.
Never, ever blame yourself or get into the "could have, should have, would have". You can't change the past. What matters is the here and now.
You've got my ear and shoulder if you ever need one.
He stopped smoking... We he drinks he doesn't smoke and when we smokes he doesn't drink. Why didn't I see this coming?
