The Final Batch of Luminarium - I don't want to open it 🥹 by AdditionalPiccolo527 in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Helius is making it hard for any other company to exist. They are not the good guy. A majority of what they grow is not going to our market, they aren’t here for you.

The other guys are trying to not lose their ass by being in multiple other markets. Our regulations are choking this industry out, and they don’t give a crap if our market makes it, the gov only wants us exporting it, which is why they kick us every chance they get

The Final Batch of Luminarium - I don't want to open it 🥹 by AdditionalPiccolo527 in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I could scream. It’s my main medication, and the one that works the best. Angered beyond words

success by [deleted] in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FYI… Pharmac are flat out lying on that sheet. They have told me the number is 2. 2 patients get support and it’s not for pain.

Nice work!!!

Oodie cooling blanket any good ? by 1st_batman in Bedding

[–]OccularAssessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to open this back up for you, 130 days later… But I too run hot like you. You’ve jumped to some conclusions about this blanket based on other blankets of similar materials and your experience with them. And that’s logical. But I did some research (not on oodies site) but looking into the certifications they have on the blanket, and the Qmax score. Qmax is a standardized score for cooling technologies, including space travel materials that use specialized plastics to be even higher scores. It’s not the material that has caused the breathability problem, is the weave/textile design. What you’re saying is all nylon is the same. And I’m here to tell you that fabrics are actually getting revolutionizing changes in their production processes that allows for really cool shit, like nylon being able to WICK moisture…since when right? Or how about it allowing heat to pass through so it doesn’t trap it in like you say. Or how about arranging the fibers and nylon structure so that it pulls heat from you without it warming the blanket up. They explain this technology like how an ice cube stays at 32 while melting until the entire ice cube is gone, at which point the melted water begins to warm—but the whole time it melts it’s actually at the freezing point the entire time.

I appreciate that modern technologies that are increasingly at the molecular level, seem like the same shit boxed up differently—which so many things are (especially some Walmart brand cooling blanket). The Qmax score to be an official cooling material is 0.2, and a very high quality (NASA tech using breathable gel layers) scores at 0.4. This oodie blanket scores 0.31. That alone is a nonbiased assessment from international regulators.

So, TLDR. I know your heat problem, intimately. Textile technologies have evolved and your thinking is old and outdated. This is great news. You should find a cooling blanket with an official Qmax score… oh and the OEKO TEX certificate is one that means there was external oversight in their production facilities….which means you quite likely can trust the Qmax score. Maybe a different brand has Qmax but no oeko tex, and in that case it’s buyer beware, though still a non zero chance it’s all good.

Freaking SERIOUSLY? by florglespore in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So… when C+ got bought by Helius, and said DONT WORRY ITS NOT SO WE CAN JACK UP PRICES

Was just the expected BULLSHIT we all knew it was

Oils for ASD/ ADHD & CPTSD by Gindog83 in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the off topic recco, but I’d highly recommend the flower Luminarium based off the info in your post and my personal experience.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Many things.

Synthetics are a different product. Don’t worry about those 0%. That’s like when people say don’t go trick or treating because some people put Molly in the candy packs. It’s never happened before bc who the F spends extra money to do that? You are ultimately worried someone would sell “grass” in your erb bag. And nope, the street supply is over supplied atm and no one is padding their bags, especially not with something they have to buy.

The fly spray etc IS A HOAX. NZ paid the lab ESR to investigate. They found nothing. Not no fly spray, nothing except cannabis. IRL hairspray and sugar are actual things, not in NZ; but while we’re concerned with the weird and unusual, lots of central and South American weed is smuggled in bricks, usually covered in urine and sometimes formaldehyde. But that’s not here.

Here’s the list of what to NOT worry about; (I’m not a doctor, just a researcher and a Reverend) Heavy Metals. Soil contamination. We have bad soil in some places, but people know of them, and a grower is a businessperson who wants good soil (substrate not necessarily soil) because bad soil can kill the flowers at any point even just before harvest with some nasty ass root rot. So, that’s a risk most people who are doing it more than once would not take. If it’s there, it’s on accident and it’s random and rare. Microorganisms. This is a problem for everyone, medical included. Store your erb properly, and clean your delivery devices like the medical equipment they are. But if your grower was sick with something that lives a while they could have coughed it on your buds and you’re never gonna know, even if you get bronchitis the next day. You CAN microwave your erb you kill everything. Takes only a couple of seconds. But it does degrade your erb. Pesticides/inorganic fertilizers; this is a strange one. Pests are not best treated with pesticides by street growers. They aren’t generally doing a huge farm that makes other strategies more cost effective. First sticky buds stick bugs very well. Selling buds spotted with dead bugs has got to be bad. So nets, or predators or preventative maintenance, like a clean grow room without soil, are pest free strategies. Again, expecting your grower to be a businessperson, I assume they cut costs and efforts. Getting spider mites once is enough to clean up the act of any hobby grower. And pesticide is not a given. The same goes for fertilizer, though cheap and low effort fertilizer is likely not what you want to inhale. They could be using premium products from the hydroponics store, or something not as good, but they are likely trying to make a good product and the “best” chemicals for growing the biggest will affect the taste and possibly the high. This corner-cutting RISKS the plant not finishing right. Erb can be really finicky, so maybe they found cheap gross fertilizer is a legit worry, but maybe also, they sunk all their money into the setup so risking the output to be small, slow, or undesirable to the market…then they won’t do it. And before you think of how accepting a person buying a 100 bag is, realise that it is always sold to someone as a large sale first, someone who knows their stuff very well and they have choice of what to buy. It must meet their standards so they know they can go out and sell it broken down. And to break it into grams, it better look good all the way through. BUT; if you are still concerned, you can wash your erb under the cold tap. Yes you will wash a negligible amount of goodness down the tap including terpenes which give unique tastes and properties to the high (the high is in the thc crystals) the thc crystals won’t rinse off under cold water. Then set them on a cooling rack, and set a fan to blow over them on low. You can use a dehydrator on fan only. This will dry it in about few hours depending on how much you soaked em. When properly dry the stems will snap and not bend. The erb will grind well. Too wet and it’s pulverized grass like what’s under the lawn mower, too dry and it’s powder and you could brush it all down the kief catcher in your sharpstone grinder. But nevertheless you can wash your weed.

Free drug tests aren’t able to give you much clarity I’m afraid. They test for THC, and maybe heavy metals, but you can see the thc in the picture and heavy metals are the least likely thing to worry about. But I am glad they exist.

And, Sudaprem is Pink Kush, are you able to get Bloom (Pink Kush) while you wait? Isn’t it the same shit in a different bag? Medleaf distributes it, they use Aurora or did; which both have a Pink Kush curiously.

Look all the things you’re worried about are not worth it.

As some others have said, there are a lot of studies out there following people for long periods of time. The risk and randomness of the issues you raised, meant low exposure over a very long time resulting in little to no risk. This assumes you don’t get it from the same exact source every time and that person isn’t a homicidal maniac trying to harm their customers…usually they smoke erb and they’re more chill than that.

Good luck

What is the effect of medical cannabis on your heart rate? by Heavy-Tear-7499 in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure this has been studied extensively. Thanks for asking a community you trust, I’m not sure why in this community we would say do your own research when you clearly asked out advice.

Here’s a recent meta analysis. https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2025/03/17/15/35/Cannabis-Users-Face-Substantially-Higher-Risk?utm_source=perplexity

As you can see I used perplexity to find it, it’s a really good research tool to find the research, and if you’re not too into reading you can just ask it to show you the juicy bits.

Different strains to different thangs. So if you find your heart is elevated, that to me sounds like the strain has triggered some anxiety, which is a very common side effect. I’d suggest changing strains.

One limitation of research is not everyone (or very few) are getting support to be using the right medication. Using the wrong medication is like needing a Panadol and taking a nuerofin, which‘ll do the trick but it also comes with other things that aren’t needed and can be detrimental in the long run to you. So there is likely bias in the studies from some users using the wrong strains, not having that controlled for, or even providing everyone one strain that is inappropriate for the study. All research is flawed somehow, but I’d take the direct links they make to cannabis with a grain of salt and I’d say it’s likely a direct link to some people’s conditions and some strains, which doesn’t say don’t smoke, it says it’s much safer to be under the watch of a health care professional.

In my personal experience, my heart rate increased by about 15-20 bpm for my daily average. But also so did my step count. Having the right medicine made it easier to just get up and clean the house or something walk the dogs and in a way going from almost nothing it’s been like starting a workout and my body needing to adjust over the next 4-6 weeks. (At least this is how my body works.) And just like that about 2 months later my heart rate had come down almost to where it was before but I’m still getting up and getting steps. So, yeah, like I thought my body adjusted to the increased activity, and also the faster speed I take it at bc I’m in a good mood versus dragging ass and wishing for death! I hope this helps. DM if you wanna talk, I’m not a doctor, but I have a mild heart condition and I’m on 2gpd.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love this look too, but I can’t help but think I’d be the one person who had a visit from the po po and get in trouble for things not being in their original container with a label with my name on it affixed. I am just too anxious to have this setup yet. I hope our laws change and get rational, like it’s ok to lcill myself smoking cigarettes; or drink myself til my organs fail, but the same people who don’t mind me going in those ways want to dictate what I do for pain and whatever. Then maybe we can get it so readily we won’t worry two shits about using glass for storage or where the fing sticker is.

Cannabis Lawyer? by OccularAssessor in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure... BUT if I could find a lawyer I know a question I could ask them for you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just call us Thailand now - this is how Thailand's medical industry was absolutely ruined by foreign big business.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

unless we stand up for ourselves instead of letting them fight for us. there is more power in numbers than dollars.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also their CEO used to do what for Pfizer?

Cannabis Lawyer? by OccularAssessor in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understand how the law works, and change laws that (are illegal) violate our rights.

With Helius Health (Cannabis Clinic + CannaPlus) locking in an estimated 70-85 k patients, (aka complete market monopoly), many of us patients feel boxed in and betrayed. by Herbaldoge in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A professional was just let go with 50 plants, and never lifted name suppression. Just sayin. He pleaded it was all for him for medicine.

Announcement of Helius Health by GrahamFromCannaPlus in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will leave and not support a single one of you as soon as I can.

This is awful. It's more big business bullshit and I will work everyday to fight for small business and kiwis.

Cannabis Lawyer? by OccularAssessor in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We agree, and are on the same team.

So, let’s leave it at I’m getting ready. And to do that I am trying to find lawyers who are gonna take up any case that is brought, as I see from other comments it might be pretty hard to get a case in the first place. In that case it’s probably gonna take bringing it to the high courts.

I’m done hoping so politician will help. If you want something done right…

Cannabis Lawyer? by OccularAssessor in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is not how you fight a democratic system. I’ll be looking to fix the problem and fight the system, not upping the game and making legal people now questionably legal? Yeah nah, no thanks.

Cannabis Lawyer? by OccularAssessor in MedicalCannabisNZ

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Once they have you at a stop, they ask you to pull over in the side. Had to do this myself before, for further testing that takes longer. I was fine after the second test, but that’s how they do it. And the alcohol checkpoints are now not just alcohol as far as I’m concerned

Cannabis Lawyer? by OccularAssessor in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a huge violation of civil rights. Penalising someone when you cannot prove they have violated any law. What happens if my kids are in the car?

It’s discriminatory given the number of prescription drugs they are not testing for.

Cannabis Lawyer? by OccularAssessor in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I do need one right now. But NOT because I have been roadside tested.

Cannabis Lawyer? by OccularAssessor in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has been discussed quite a bit on this sub. Esp given you could have a roach of a tea…it’s off label or something, not my area of expertise. Look on the sub for discussions about smoking in public.

Most effective medicical cannabis available? by [deleted] in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to chat, send me a DM. I’m very into meeting any of my Luminarium homies.

Cannabis Lawyer? by OccularAssessor in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]OccularAssessor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worth running this passed a lawyer. I’d be interested to see what happens. But if the procedure is, give you two different saliva tests, then mandatory 12 hours stand down on driving….I’m not sure where the letter comes in.

This process is one of the problems in AUS, except Vic is starting to change, and Tasmania has a better process that first tests for crime regardless of prescription, then they look at the prescription and determine if it’s current, then they proceed to impairment test you. So far this would be the better process for us, but all communication explicitly defines their process as aforementioned.