Hello, just joined grasscity.... it seems like a great site, very informative. I am 45 years old, I'm into photography, music, movies and pen making. My Wife is 50, we are interested in weed to help alleviate some severe pain issues we both have. I've smoked blonde and black hash back in the mid '80's and haven't done any since, my Wife has never smoked weed before. She has had severe pain in her neck and shoulder all her life, so far no doctor has been able to find a cause/cure. She has tried everything from chiropractors to acupuncture and even some experimental things like deadening the nerves with needles inserted into her spine with an electric current running through them, I suffer from severe cluster migraines that have been dormant for about 10 years - they returned 3 years ago and are getting worse. The medicine prescribed for cluster migraines is horrible, possible side effect of one drug is possible blindness - hey but your headache is gone though so quit cryin'!! Another drug increases your risk of stroke, which I'm already at risk for. "Hey Doc, I can't move the right side of my body - but my headache is gone" I'm hoping marijuana will alleviate some of our pain issues, at least it's a natural substance and not some medical lab poison that makes you worse off than you were before.