I don't want to start a debate about the value of medical marijuana, but you do need to consider the motivation of the people giving you recommendations.
For example, chiropractors often offer free assessments which usually entail an X-ray. I'm not sure how risk-free this is, especially for healthy people in their early twenties. Of course, these assessments usually find misaligned vertebrae and lead the person to go back for a paid visit. Sometimes it's hard to compete with a certified practitioner's recommendation...
So yeah, completely different than a chiropractor or psychiatrist who profits from your ongoing treatment.
The CannaMed doctor doesn't stand to make more money off of you. But he stands to build a reputation as one who hands out the Rx.
People seeking cards aren't going to visit a prescriber who is notoriously stingy.
AFAIK Medical marijuana doctors don't have any financial interest in prescribing treatment. They get paid when you come in (which is only the one time), and if they think you can benefit from medical marijuana, they give you the card. They aren't getting paid every time you get high.
The stupid thing about that sentence in the article is that BIG SURPRISE, the CannaMed doctor recommended medical marijuana. No shit! That is why people go to them!
The only remarkable thing in this story, in my opinion, is that it is a reminder that there are cannabis dispensaries in California.
If this were a randomized controlled trial (or even a cohort study) showing that pot use actually does improve some measurable parenting outcome, it would actually be hacker news-worthy, in my opinion.
Whether I consider taking a prescribed medication "getting high" depends on the dose and the use-case.
Vicodin contains an opioid, so if you are not in pain but take it, you will get high. Actually, its codeine derivative is variably metabolized so you may not get high (or pain relief, for that matter).
Xanax (alprazolam) is a benzo, whose effects are similar to alcohol. I don't think most people would consider this a "high", whether or not for therapeutic purposes.
Ritalin (methylphenidate) is a stimulant; people do use it to get high, sometimes even people who are prescribed it for a real medical problem.
The 'high' is a side effect of many medical therapies that we'd like to get rid of, if possible, to improve our ability to help people without the scourges of addiction and abuse. The same is true of marijuana, for some uses; for this particular person's use, however, the goal is to get high.
In this case, smoking pot in a controlled manner helps this person exponentially release and enjoy small moments with his kids.
Change in scenery is good, and changing your physical location to achieve that is not always necessary. Changing your state of mind can achieve the same effects.
That may be true, but I wonder what the kids will say when they're grown. It might be something like "We loved our dad when we were kids. But he was always stoned."
I think they'll be much more pissed off about all their childhood pictures having been taken in instagram.
"...I use a brownie-based form of the drug to avoid the lung irritation associated with other modes of dose administration."
She recently detoxed and got a cannabis card instead, and I've connected with her more in the 2 years since than the 20 years prior.
Just thought I'd throw this out there from a (now grown) kid's perspective.
