Blog posts tagged "hg spotlight"

Medical marijuana access to all patients should be part of a national health care conversation...

Are you a veteran who has benefited from consuming cannabis? Share your story with us! Our regular blog series, #SgtPatient lets veterans share how medical marijuana has improved their quality of life. Your story might be featured in one of our weekly blog posts. Share anonymously if you want, our hope is that your story might inspire others. Help us make a difference. We would love to hear from you. Email us at: info@hopegrown.org.

"A visit to urgent care disappointed as the doctor was a cold fish about my cannabis use for pain, only offering opioids or a steroid injection. Even then, she could not promise the spasms would be gone... Safe access is crucial in getting cannabis medicine to the masses in legal states, but even the best dispensaries need to know about ingesting and providing options for different ailments. Once someone knows the [health] benefits of this plant, they are compelled to share it.

"I can confidently say that cannabis has brought me a long way as I’m now able to care for my two children and keep a maintained house compared to before when I could barely find the motivation and energy to care for myself..."

The first time I smoked a joint was in the wee hours of the morning in a gas station bathroom with my sister and a friend...It wasn’t until my daughter was [in her late teenage years] that the herb came back into my life in a positive way. She had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and suffered terribly...