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Women are turning to cannabis for help with medical issues
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:33 am
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:33 am
Happy 04/20
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What I immediately learned was that cannabis has become a lifeline for countless women who feel unseen by conventional medicine. They are grandmothers trying to ease the side effects of cancer treatment, athletes managing endometriosis, teachers navigating the sleeplessness and mood swings of menopause. Everywhere I went, I heard versions of the same story: “I tried everything else, and nothing really worked. Cannabis was the only thing that helped.”
When it comes to menopause, the situation is particularly problematic. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) once promised relief, but warnings and controversies about potential risks left many women worried. Faced with few good options, it’s no wonder so many are turning to cannabis. In the data, you see it clearly: Women now outpace men when it comes to cannabis use, especially among middle-age and older adults.
In the stories I gathered over the past year, I heard something profound: a quiet revolt against being ignored.
One of the most surprising places I found this revolution unfolding was Oklahoma. The state that once had some of the toughest drug laws in the country is now, somewhat affectionately, called “Tokelahoma.” Since medical marijuana was legalized there, an entire industry has sprung up seemingly overnight — scrappy, local, women-focused and driven by a can-do ethos that could only happen in America’s heartland.
I met women who had become unlikely entrepreneurs, building businesses powered by equal parts grit and compassion. There was April, a mother in Tulsa who pivoted from selling houses to dispensing cannabis-infused edibles that help women manage chronic pain. There was Bonnie, a young businesswoman in Tulsa growing strains that could help women with everything from sexual dysfunction to insomnia. And then Ebony, a trained chef who moved to Oklahoma to make edibles, is now a community doula and cannabis educator at the heart of a community of users called cannamoms.
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These women are rewriting the narrative around cannabis — rooted in scientific data, which they are slowly starting to gather as well. They’re creating products specifically for women, guided by empathy and experimentation rather than stigma or shame. It’s a movement born not in laboratories or boardrooms but in kitchens, home gardens and local dispensaries.
The larger conversation about medical marijuana also continues to shift at record speed. This year alone, several major medical organizations have called for a reevaluation of cannabis’ classification as a Schedule I drug, arguing that the evidence for its medical use can no longer be ignored. There’s promising research into cannabinoids for neurological conditions, chronic pain and even autoimmune diseases. Women are leading the way there, too. Dr. Staci Gruber, a pioneer in cannabis research at the Marijuana Investigations for Neuroscientific Discovery, known as MIND, in Massachusetts, is putting a spotlight on cannabis for endometriosis and symptoms related to menopause. Dr. Hilary Marusak, a developmental neuroscientist at Wayne State University in Detroit, is at the forefront of how cannabis affects the brain across every stage of life.
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Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:38 am to RLDSC FAN
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women who feel unseen by conventional medicine
Which means that their doctors refused to prescribe what Facebook told them that they needed.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:43 am to Beessnax
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Which means that their doctors refused to prescribe what Facebook told them that they needed.
As someone with endometriosis (diagnosed with laparoscopy in my 20s, controlled with surgery and birth control), my doctor would prescribe shite like opioids or NSAIDs for pain from the endo. I don't want to be a zombie on pain meds or have my stomach torn up from the NSAIDs (at the strength they need to be to manage the pain). The other alternative is medication like Lupron that puts you in a "temporary" menopause to shrink lesions and reduce pain, but there's a chance you don't come back out of the menopause.
THC/CBD combo works to reduce pain without zoinking me out or causing stomach issues.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:45 am to RLDSC FAN
It's been a huge help with my wife's perimenopause and anxiety.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:47 am to Beessnax
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Which means that their doctors refused to prescribe what Facebook told them that they needed.
or prescribed them what the drug companies incentivised them to.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:48 am to wesfau
same
she likes the THC/CBD gummies. It has been a godsend for her
she likes the THC/CBD gummies. It has been a godsend for her
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:50 am to caro81
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or prescribed them what the drug companies incentivised them to.
OT: Women are crazy and need to chill the frick out.
Women: *starts using THC to help with anxiety and pain from gynecological issues*
OT: BUT NOT LIKE THAT
This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 10:51 am
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:52 am to RLDSC FAN
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help with medical issues
I thought essential oils had filled this void?
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:53 am to RLDSC FAN
I'm not hating on the article-good for these women, but I wish terminology like this would die out quickly:
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countless women who feel unseen
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Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:55 am to RLDSC FAN
Shout out to all the ladies out there turning to cannabis for their medical issues. It really is a shame it's not legal on the federal level and that's it's still made out to be the devil by big Pharma/government propaganda and those who have fallen victim to that propaganda. At least reclassifying it as a schedule III instead of schedule I is a step in the right direction.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:01 am to BluegrassBelle
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OT: Women are crazy and need to chill the frick out.
Women: *starts using THC to help with anxiety and pain from gynecological issues*
OT: BUT NOT LIKE THAT
OT men can be fickle
This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 11:03 am
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:01 am to BluegrassBelle
Did your doctor resist prescribing THC or CBD as a possible alternative therapy?
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:01 am to caro81
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that's not what my message stated, at all.
I was responding to the OT in general, after you had to tell the poster that we're not crazy drug seekers.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:03 am to cgrand
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she likes the THC/CBD gummies. It has been a godsend for her
Show me your ways.
My wife will quite literally make up shite, will it into existence, then start stressing about it. If she ever doesn't have something to stress over, she stresses over not having something to stress over.
Some days are just brutal.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:04 am to BluegrassBelle
yeah i realized that after a rereading. i should stop multitasking while posting
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:05 am to N2cars
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Did your doctor resist prescribing THC or CBD as a possible alternative therapy?
Medical was just passed here in Kentucky in the last year and its stupidly restrictive.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:13 am to BluegrassBelle
We can't ever make them happy. We trying to be less crazy but not this way.
We trying to be less crazy but not this way. Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:15 am to bad93ex
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I thought essential oils had filled this void?
They filled mine.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:19 am to BluegrassBelle
I thought just about everyone had medicsl access.
I know in AZ and LA we've had medicsl access for years and I've yet to see any resistance to a physician prescribing it, oftentimes as a first or second option.
I know in AZ and LA we've had medicsl access for years and I've yet to see any resistance to a physician prescribing it, oftentimes as a first or second option.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:25 am to BluegrassBelle
Women are full of ailments.
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