In the upcoming months and years, we expect to see a comprehensive rollout of dispensaries and cultivators producing the newly legal low-THC cannabis oil.
As a relatively new market with a somewhat off-the-beaten-path approach to medical cannabis, Tennessee will be allowing patients to get medical marijuana cards to access low-THC cannabis oil.
In this Tennessee Marijuana card Guide, we’ll go over using cannabis products for the first time, how to plan your dosages, and how to approach cannabis as a patient and new user!
Using Cannabis for the First Time
Although many patients may be more familiar with recreational cannabis use, medical marijuana fits into a very different category for patients with chronic and terminal illnesses.
This will be especially true with Tennessee’s limited medical marijuana bill, providing for only 0.9% Total THC in its products, they will likely not have strong enough psychoactive properties to be as cautious with, as it is with states with more robust medical marijuana programs.
Nonetheless, it is likely that medical cannabis products in Tennessee will contain some amounts of psychoactive compounds, and it will remain true that you can always take more, but not less.
And as with any other medication, approaching your medicine from a reasonable and appropriate point of view is just as important as understanding what symptoms you are trying to use cannabis for.
When using cannabis for the first time, it’s important to know what dosages are applicable to what product, what the minimum dosage is, and how potent the product will be.
For newer patients approaching Tennessee’s low-THC cannabis oil, the dosages will be relevant to whatever the oil comes out as, whether it’s pure oil, edibles, tinctures, etc.
The minimum dosage will either be listed as a consumable amount, or in a measurable amount such as gummies, teaspoons, or mgs, for example.
The potency of the product will almost always be with less than 0.9% THC, but other psychoactive compounds may be present that can make products more potent, so your best bet is to talk to a knowledgeable budtender, and get appropriate product details from dispensaries and cultivators.
How to Plan Your First Cannabis Experience
Even though medical patients in Tennessee won’t be enjoying many of the benefits of the highly psychoactive compound THC, that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to experience the innumerable benefits that every other compound in the plant offers.
Instead of sparking up a joint you may be adding honey to your tea, or vaporizing oils instead of smoking them.
Regardless of the way in which you will be taking your medicine, you can introduce a bit of fun and creativity just like anything else, and in fact this is very celebrated in medical marijuana culture.
Cannabis is known to bring friends together and create happy, enjoyable experiences. You can bring the same romance of sparking a joint on a patio by a fire as you can with hitting a vape pen after a long day.
There are no hard or fast rules to the kind of rituals or mantras you’d like to add to your treatment plan, some people prefer to just light a bowl and go, while others find themselves collecting every kind of pipe, bong, or vaporizer out there.
But for patients that are looking to treat specific conditions or symptoms, planning your medication more thoroughly becomes a bit more critical.
Although you can enjoy the same things about cannabis as anyone else, your treatment plan will likely revolve around the symptoms you are experiencing, and for Tennessee, it’s a fairly restrictive list of chronic and terminal illnesses approved for medical marijuana.
Because of this, you’ll likely find yourself on a more regulated schedule, planning your dosages by size and frequency, or in response to your symptoms much more than your preferences.
There are many resources available for keeping track of your medication schedule or treatment plans, there are even journals available that can specifically help you track and rate the cannabis medicine you are using.
Creating a treatment plan that helps you stay on track for effective dosages, dosage times, experienced effects, and product types, can greatly help you manage your experience with cannabis as a medicine.
Approaching Medical Cannabis for the First Time
Putting it all together, if you add just a little bit of planning to your treatment plan, you can have a very robust log of what cannabis medications you are taking, how they are working, and whether you need to raise, lower, or maintain your dosage.
Journaling your treatment plan is a fantastic way to keep track of which strains worked the best, how effective dosage methods were, and most importantly, what works best for you.
You may find certain strains are more preferable or responsive than others, or perhaps certain cultivators make products in a way that is easier for your system to manage.
You might find that dosing too close together is harder on your tolerance, or that dosing too far apart is less effective for maintaining stasis. Whatever the case, when it comes to cannabis, your medicine is both your choice, and your responsibility.
While there are services that can help point you in the right direction, cannabis is a complex plant with many facets in the medical industry that no single source will likely have, so it’s your job to decide what is right for you.
But you don’t have to go it alone, along with the many resources available online that can guide you through specific products and experiences, we offer completely free resource such as our blog, and we can be reached at (833) 781-5611 to help answer your questions about getting medical marijuana in Tennessee.
Cannabis as a medicine is a safe alternative for many chronic and terminally ill patients to consider adding to their treatment plan, without having to worry about extreme side effects or terminal dosages.
We hope Tennessee broadens their resources available for patients, and we look forward to cultivators and dispensaries coming to the Volunteer State soon!
Medical Cannabis in Tennessee
Tennessee cannabis patients will soon be able to legally purchase low-THC oil and see the relief they need organically.
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Being a Tennessee cannabis patient allows you the freedom to take your medication the right way for you.
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