Cannabis Lifestyle Magazine

A Patient’s Perspective
My name is Trinidad. I am a professional baker, edibles consultant,
cannabis advocate and Nevada MMJ patient. I want
to share a little about myself and my experience with the
medical side of cannabis. I was introduced to the idea of
cannabis as medicine a little more than 3 years ago when I
met a guy named Craig; who was selling his trucks to my
buddy. Keeping in mind
that I had never met this
guy before, he comes out
and starts talking with
me about marijuana
and right there starts to
tell me his personal
struggle fighting against
brain cancer for many
years. At first, I could
have cared less about his
story and just wanted to
get the trucks
and leave but then
something stopped me
and I really started
listening to him. I realized
I felt for him and the
conversation kept on
going. I really didn’t
know anything about
what he was saying; I had
always thought you
“smoked pot to get
stoned” and now here’s
this guy telling me its
medicine, specifically his
medicine that he uses to
treat his brain cancer! To add to it, this guy was told by his
doctors that he had only six months to live-and yet here we
were talking, against all odds, 8 years later. My mind was
blown!
so that I could safely have access to the medicine I needed.
Over the next few months, I became good friends with the
guy and he inspired me to learn to make infused products
for myself. Being a baker by trade for over 30 years, it
was only natural for me to start making infused baked
goods. I get to use my baking skills and creativity to come
up with all sorts of new
goodies while maintaining
the very high standards for
how products look and
taste that I have set for
myself. I have been making
edibles for about three
years now, this is how I
feel I can do the greatest
good for myself, other
patients and the cannabis
community.
I get involved with
community, actively participate
in local advocacy
events and try to learn
more about cannabis so
that I can help educate and
teach other people what I
once didn’t know: that it’s
not all about “getting
stoned.”
The guy who introduced
me to all this, Mr. BMF- as
I like to call him-has since
passed away. Without
having met him, I don’t
know if I’d be where I am right now doing what I love with a
passion. I get emotional when I talk about it. Craig is missed
but he will never be forgotten.
At this point in the conversation I mentioned to him that I
have been diagnosed with and suffer from chronic back pain
and a sometimes debilitating condition called vertigo; so he
goes inside for a minute and comes back out with cannabisinfused
butter and cooking oil to give me to try at home and
let him know how it works. That night, I get home and try a
very little bit of the stuff and low and behold a few hours
later my symptoms and pain are gone! After a few more
trials, I was convinced that this option worked for me better
than any conventional medical treatment I had ever tried so
I decided to see my doctor and become a legal MMJ patient
20 Cannabis Lifestyle Magazine / Summer Solstice 2015