trevorda8 said:

Arent opiates natural? -Derrived from the opium poppy?

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Yes some of them are. My comment though was natural goodness. Meaning I consider opiates poison for my soul. Marijuana is not poisonous to my soul.
Also before all you opiate lovers rise up and have a fit let me say the key words in my comments were MY. Some people can use opiates without problems. I on the other hand cannot. I was a heroin addict long ago and even when I try to use prescription opiates for legit effects I seam to have spiritual troubles if I use them to long. They put a wedge between me and eternity.

There are times because of my severe back problems when I do need an opiate.
As long as it's just an acute remedy then it doesn't really cause a problem.
If I can though I would much more prefer to use good ole weed.
I have been planning on trying pod tea though. I heard it doesn't give much euphoria and lasts a long time. When I do have to use a opiate my pain is usually severe enough that I have to lay around for a day or two eating diluadid in high doses. Drinking a cup of tea that lasts all day long would be beneficial ,especially if I could continue going about my day to day affairs without much psychoactive effects. I hear it's pretty addictive though if you use it regularly, but then again so are most opiates.

Learyfan said:

Also, just the fact that something is "natural" doesn't make it safe.

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chinacat72 said:

Learyfan said:

Also, just the fact that something is "natural" doesn't make it safe.

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Very true. Thougth one of the nice things about natural drugs is that as Mckenna always pointed out is that they have a much longer time of relationship with humans then synthetic drugs. This gives us more data on toxicology, benifit's,ext.

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