I have developed a handful of health problems since I started working in construction during my early 20s.
It was steady work since I live in an area that has seen constant residential and commercial development for the past 20 years straight.
But since I was being used like an expendable tool, my body isn’t what it used to be. My neck hurts on and off throughout the month, but I have pain in the base of my back and down my left leg on a daily basis. The leg pain is from a sciatic nerve injury while the back pain is a combination of that and damage to discs in my vertebrae. I still get up and go to work daily with the pain regardless of how I feel. I have started taking CBD products from the medical marijuana dispensary because I was worried that THC would be too mentally intoxicating for working. When I first tried cannabis candy products, I was excited that I could microdose THC and use just enough to feel better at work. Once I built a tolerance to cannabis candy products, my medical marijuana doctor told me to try RSO, or Rick Simpson Oil. It’s a full spectrum cannabis extract that retains the fats, lipids, and minor cannabinoids in the plant that are lost in most solvent extraction processes. Compared to other edibles like cannabis candy products and weed brownies, RSO products are potent and long lasting. I was told to be careful one my first dose of RSO but I didn’t listen. I took the syringe and squeezed out enough oil to completely cover the top of an oreo. Before I knew it I was glued to the couch and having closed-eye visuals for three hours straight. Be careful with RSO because it isn’t like other cannabis edible products.