Cannabis card

Cannabis will still be illegal, so I'm not really sure what the idea behind this card is. It doesn't have any official recognition does it? So it's just something you show to a police officer and he would look at it and wonder "what is this", and maybe if you are really lucky he'll have pity on you and let you off with a warning.

But if you only had a small amount for personal use then you'd probably get off with a warning anyway. The police aren't really bothered about enforcing the law on people who aren't dealing.

Also could someone explain to me why autistic people need cannabis? I'm not saying they don't, I'm just curious what the reason is. Perhaps helping with anxiety/depression and sociability?

Cannabis will still be illegal, so I'm not really sure what the idea behind this card is. It doesn't have any official recognition does it? So it's just something you show to a police officer and he would look at it and wonder "what is this", and maybe if you are really lucky he'll have pity on you and let you off with a warning.

But if you only had a small amount for personal use then you'd probably get off with a warning anyway. The police aren't really bothered about enforcing the law on people who aren't dealing.

Also could someone explain to me why autistic people need cannabis? I'm not saying they don't, I'm just curious what the reason is. Perhaps helping with anxiety/depression and sociability?

I don't think it's specifically for autism because it'd be like suggesting they could treat a neurotype.  However, it IS very relaxing and I use it for anxiety.  Autistic anxiety, I would say, which for me can be off the scale.  

I'm not saying that all autistic people are necessarily anxious.  But I do find that the effects of living as a minority where our needs are overlooked or minimised and where various traumas can easily accrue from childhood onwards, it's entirely understandable that many of us are pushed towards anxiety.

In my case, I was 18 when I took it up and people stopped hitting me.

(Turns out I'm on the ADD end of the spectrum and can be super annoying).

I've had a long time to look into it and several long "time outs" and the simple answer is my life is less populated by "troublesome incidents" if I've got a baseline of cannabis in my system.

Add the fact that alcohol is a poison that my body rejects vehemently, and which tends to INCREASE the likelyhood of troublesome incidents (and I find drunk people really repellant) and it was a no-brainer for me.

It’s not a addictive thing. But addictive personality thing. If I’ve got something better to do, I’ll do that instead. 

the right weed can slow everything right down.. like a weak diazepam, slow kicking in sleeping pill.  My option 

Cannabis is illegal in the uk. Yes police do look at it and tell you that you’ve bought online.. then they look it up and see you ain’t lying. Then probably arrest you for something else.

my social worker questioned my card, all the mental health team did.. I went to court over my German shepherd and presented to them to. I show everybody this cancard to prevent me having a heart attack if somebody official knocks around unannounced like social services.

im going to say I used to grow weed at home,. The police came around for a different reason and seen the 4 plants. Took away the 4 plants, took a picture of the card.. not heard nothing ever again. 

i would show you guys it but it has my photo and nhs number lol