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Allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana for use by patients with advanced cancer is not going to alleviate the drug war in Mexico. They’re not fighting down there to secure the terminal patient corner of the American market.

Treating with allergy and steroid meds delays healing. The issue is that acids from the stomach have caused acid burns in the throat and sinuses. The throat usually heals – to the point you don’t feel the burn or irritation, roughness of the voice – in hours or weeks. The sinuses often take much longer – days to months. If the acid reflux (often called “heartburn”) continues, the sinuses are re-injured (as is the throat), and the clock starts up again.

Try using a saline nasal mist spray, either with the sudafed or instead. Once an hour, twice in each side with a big inhale each time, and blow. My family doctor told me this could clear up to a sinus infection without antibiotics.

The Yoga practice of Neti-Wash is a more thorough irrigation, and healing of the sinuses. I found a mix of 1 c. warm water, 1/8 tsp. salt, 1/8 tsp baking soda the most comfortable. This will never be something to do in front of guests – or family. It may sound funny, but it snot. Some drug stores now sell neti pots made for this practice, and you can find them online. The neti wash practice is described well in many places.

The saline nasal mist approach is about as aggressive as washing your hands – give it a week or two – you would give antibiotics ten days, anyway. And unlike Sudafed, saline mist isn’t addictive, and is really tough to abuse – about like abusing your hands with hand soap.

I have been waiting for coke-snorting Barack Hussein Obama, POTUS, to legalize marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc. And license it. Then shut down the Drug Enforcement Agency, and turn licensing over to the Treasury Department – and collections to the IRS.

Mexico is claiming that the gangs wouldn’t be buying the heavy weapons, and fighting and killing over turf, if Americans weren’t buying their billions of dollars of drugs. That is – we have to stop worrying about buying shirts from child-labor sweat shops, and start worrying about buying murdering gangs’ drugs. Or maybe we can find time to worry about both. And about acid reflux.

About the reflux again – graham crackers and metamucil will help a lot. And hot green tea (decaf or not) will help an unsettled stomach more than antacids and Prilosec OTC.

Be well.