When I woke up in the hospital after a nasty car accident, I didn’t know what I was going to do.
Every inch of my body was in pain and I didn’t know how I would hold my weight up without falling over, let alone walk again.
There was going to be months of physical therapy at minimum, and in the process I would be prescribed a series of opiates and anxiolytics to keep myself from writhing in total misery. Part of me was worried about the long term side effects of the medication, especially regarding the propensity for dependence and addiction. I was at a crossroads not knowing what I should do to alleviate the tremendous pain I was experiencing each day. A close friend turned me onto cannabis and the rest is history. The first product I tried was an oil cartridge that connects to a pen shaped battery. It was filled with THC enriched distillate oil that had a strong and significant effect. I could immediately feel the rush of euphoria wash over my body like a calming wave in the deep blue sea. My friend let me use his pen for a few weeks before I tried his cannabis flower. This is the traditional form of marijuana that most are accompanied with—the dried, cured, and trimmed buds from the plant itself. It completely blew me away, especially when I tried the strain Gorilla Glue #4. It was out of this world. I read that vaporizing cannabis flower opposed to distillate gives you more terpenes in each inhale. Having more cannabinoids present alongside THC and CBD all contribute to the entourage effect—the presence of them all together yields a result that neither could achieve on their own. Vaporizing cannabis flower is my favorite way to experience the entourage effect.