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3. When I was in pain my body assimilated pain meds to deal with the discomport
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 11:58 PM
Feb 2017

without making me high. The incremental dosage is regulated by a programmable IV pump that the patient can control, but the amount is controlled so there is no way to get enough morphine to get high. Speaking just from my own experience, morphine relieved the pain to the degree that I could relax and be comfortable enough to sleep or sit up. The was no sense of euphoria or other pleasurable sensation, just the escape from pain which was a blessing. I can understand why medical marijuana would work the same way, but with fewer side effects and it would be cheaper to dispense.

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