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Absolutely brilliant people to deal with. They made special attempts to contact my dismissive doctor and phoned me to let me know I was approved within just a few minutes. Flawless online store, a decent variety of strains and moe coming, but they are missing a few very common medicinal strains that should be instantly planned for: Tangerine Dream, Blue Dream, Lifesaver, Blueberry, AK-47, White Widow and all the pleasant Hazes. Give me those instead of the skunky Kushes and I'll give you another 4 stars for Medication. Awesome service, wonderful people, free Space-Case-like grinder and awesome recyclable packaging and info. Very disappointed that Pink Kush did absolutely nothing for my pain and insomnia, but that's hardly their fault. If OG Shark doesn't do it then maybe it IS their fault! ;) But gawd does this stuff stink. =P

While not strictly an edible, Sativex does go into your mouth and burn the hell out of your mucous membranes. And don't breathe in for about 5 seconds or you get a nice lungful of burning mist. Why they had to use ethanol as a base is beyond me. Could they not use a vegetable oil and dropper instead of alcohol and a spray bottle? Apparently one of the things GW Pharmaceuticals is so proud of is their delivery system which promises exactly 100µL per spray. I guess that's why I only got 89 doses out of my $257 bottle. At 6-8 doses per day, that can get expensive quickly. I calculated the THC/CBD percentages from the fact that alcohol weighs .789 times water and the stated doses are 2.5mg/mL THC and 2.7mg/mL CBD. I may be a decimal point or two off if it is not 100% pure alcohol but they are very close and, as you can deduct, do not lead to a very good medicinal form of marijuana. The effects start, after the burning ouchiness, with slight dizziness and alertness which, after about 1/2 an hour devolve into a very uncomfortable state where you are relaxed and sleepy but totally unable to fall asleep. It's a tiny bit torturous, so I learned to stop about 6pm if you want to fall asleep the same day. On the good side, those of us who suffer from fidgeting from Gravol, rather than somnolence, Sativex does get rid of the running leg syndrome and allow us to use it as a sleep aid. But hell, there are strains of weed that take you to neverland quickly and they don't add a cacophony of unpleasant side effects. Sativex does have some plusses: it does deal with chronic pain relatively well for short periods of time (hence the need to use it often), does give you a sense of hunger, which, if you have gastrointestinal disorders, you may not recognize as hunger... just more pain. It's hunger... after a 1/2 pound veggie burger, fries and 4 glasses of root beer, the "pain" goes away. Very strange. =) The nausea I feel has been controlled rather well by Ondansetron, an anti-emetic for cancer patients, but I didn't need it at all on Sativex. It works very well for that. Oh, and it makes you horny. No dirty thoughts if you're at work or you'll have some 'splaining to do.