A few years ago when we visited my FIL in Denver, we stopped by a dispensary on the way home from the airport. I had planned to try a couple of things for the pain in my feet. I bought some gummies and some topical cream. Not that the guy that worked there was a medical expert, but it's what he suggested after talking to me, and it was kinda outside my wife's wheelhouse.
Tried the gummies first. They got me high, which was hilarious, but also not exactly pleasant. But the objective failed, as they did not help my pain at all. Tried the cream the next day. Slathered that stuff all over the nerves passing through the tarsal tunnel. Although the guy warned me that it's still possible to get high from topical cream, I didn't. Best of all, I got some major relief for about 3-4 hours. It was the clear winner, since the goal had nothing to do with getting high.
If we hadn't flown, I would've gone back and bought multiple containers of the stuff and taken the chance that I wouldn't be stopped and searched on the way home. But I knew if my bag got randomly searched at the airport, headed to a state where it was still illegal, I was toast. So I didn't leave with any.
But I'll always remember hiking a little trail for an hour or so in the mountains outside of town and not only being able to tolerate it reasonably well, but feeling mostly normal for the first time in years.
Laws have changed in Texas since then, but it's not just a matter of the laws changing. A lot of things have to happen voluntarily within the medical community in order for stuff like that to be a reality as far as prescriptions. It's a slow process. But I hope one day I can easily access something like that.
