Arranged by Jonathan Smith
Volume 5 Issue 2
Sharon Letts, the mind behind ‘Educated Stoner,’ has shared her knowledge and experience of Cannabis with thousands of people. The following are arranged excerpts of her writings.
On Health
In general the medical industry today tells the average American they are at fault for their own health woes, as if all the poisons polluting the world had nothing to do with any of it. The limited lists of illusive causes for serious illness and disorders, combined with the redirecting of blame for our modern-day ailments, is enough to make anyone sick.
One theory is we are doomed by our own hand, or, more specifically, by toxins created by us – heavy metals leached from cookware; synthetic medications made from petroleum byproducts, cleaning solvents, and other industrial compounds; such as lead or aluminum used in our everyday lives that have poisonous properties.
The world today contains more than seven million recognized chemicals, with more than 80,000 of them in common use.
On Healthcare
The Institute of Medicine states 100 million Americans suffer from some kind of pain at a cost of $635 billion a year. As ABC News reported January of 2012, 80 percent of the world’s pain meds are consumed in the good old U.S. of A., with synthetic Opioids just recently bumped by the FDA from Schedule 3 to the number 2 list. Cannabis, of course, is still listed with Heroin on Schedule 1.
In CNN’s ground-breaking documentary, “Weeds,” Dr. Sanjay Gupta shares prescription pain meds take someone’s life every 19 minutes in this country, yet he said he could not find one documented death by Cannabis. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports prescription drug overdose is the leading cause of injury death, tallying more traffic deaths with more drivers under the influence of big pharma behind the wheel. Among children under the age of six, the CDC reports a whopping 40 percent presenting to the ER poisoned by prescription meds.
Advertising has been reduced to a nagging negative influence, with billions spent convincing us to buy empty, sub-standard products we don’t really need, while polluting our environment and poisoning every living thing. Our bodies are biologically the same, why the increase in [artificial] pain medication? But why are Americans suffering so; or are we really in this much pain?
On History
I am second generation DDT, my daughter is third. This means something, as we have a lineage of chemicals in our genetic bloodlines, with many other toxins and heavy metals literally showered on us for decades. Our mother was raised on a farm in Illinois, and she told us stories of dancing under the rain of DDT as crop dusters flew above. It was a game. The pesticide companies told them it was good for them. Everyone in her family died of cancers.
The next five weeks [after my first cancer-positive mammogram] I ingested RSO (Rick Simpson Oil), while ingesting raw leaves. And the most amazing thing happened! All my symptoms from Thyroid Disease and additional hormonal issues from Menopause fell away. Complications with digestion, fatigue, and numerous other symptoms ceased to exist. Prior to taking the strong oil I had only smoked to medicate, and used the light oil, “Nternal” for sleep. Eating the raw leaf combined with the oil turned my body around. And the cancer was disappearing.
The second scheduled biopsy found nothing, with the mass completely gone from both the mammogram and ultra-sound. The attending technician called it a “technical error,” stating the initial technician probably got it wrong. But I was there looking over her shoulder and saw the same distinct spider-web mass in both the mammogram and ultra-sound the first time.
My doctor was unaware of [Cannabinoids] advantages before I presented my findings to her. How could she? Cannabis makes (my symptoms) go away, I informed, but she wouldn’t engage. I finally asked if the clinic was federally funded, to this she gave a knowing and firm, “yes.” She couldn’t have talked about this good medicine if she wanted to.
To date, the stigma is still greater than the remedy, but the times they are a changing. With each new story of healing shared, people learn the truth. And you can’t stop the truth from spreading – thankfully, it’s a cancer in itself.
Cannabis speeds up metabolism and in a matter of weeks I was dropping pounds. You’d think I would have gained more weight by smoking, but contrary to popular marijuana myth, the plant actually got me up off the couch and out into the world again. Smoking made me feel better physically, but it also helped me find my artistic center once again – and that, in turn, made me emotionally happier.
“Look at me, I’m Cancer-free!”
Though no Department of Health Services will be passing out pamphlets any time soon. Those who know must “be the pamphlet.”
- Blending raw leaf daily for digestive issues, prevention of illness, and overall well-being (no psychoactive effects).
- Maintenance dose of RSO at night for sleep and prevention of illness and cancers.
- Cooking meals using infused oils, butter, honey, etc.
- Cocktails with infused alcohol, such as gin or rum – quelling inflammation leading to headaches and hangovers, prevention of illness.
- Cold and flu prevention: If I feel a cold or flu coming on I up my ingesting and the infection lasts just a couple of days.
- Use of infused topical salves, lotions, deodorant: Daily skin regiment for cancers, rashes, bug bites, burns, acne, and numerous disorders of the skin.
- Smoking as needed for depression associated with hormonal disorders (Thyroid Disease, Menopause)
The minute someone is educated on this plant, lives are changed. And I don’t say that lightly. While the psychoactive properties of the plant can be challenging, lower percentage strains are being hybridized and grown everyday now, with real medicine being made with lessor or non-psychoactive effects.
Safe access is crucial in getting the medicine to the masses in legal and medicinally legal states, but even the best dispensaries need to know about ingesting and provide many options for many ailments.
“The Lord as my witness, I will Evangelize Cannabis until the last non-violent, failed Drug War patient is released. I will sing this truth to the heavens until God smiles down upon me with thanks for praising his good work. Though I may be called a conspiracy theorist, I will walk through the valley of Cannabis and know that it is good. Amen.”
While the rest of America quells the daily pain of living through the colored glasses of modern medicine, I’ll continue to use the green, and encourage others to do the same.
– Sharon Letts travels and advocates for patients and the benefits of cannabis to thousands of people. She works at Secret Garden Productions, and can be found online via Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter: @lettsgarden, and Instagram at ‘sharoneletts’
