The thing about unregulated "medicine" is that they can make any claim they want. Question: once THC gets in your system (it has to get in your system to have any affect on pain), how would it not circulate throughout your whole body? I would suggest your Vegas friend never attend a timeshare presentation, as they seem vulnerable to believing anything anyone says...
Kurt
For the most part, a person has to smoke, eat or inject thc to get high. Using a full extract cannabis oil ( feco ) as a topical ointment or a suppository does not get a person high. The suppository products are generally feco with coconut oil that heated together and poured in molds.
Most people looking for pain relief or help with a disease use the suppository products. Who has time to be stoned when they are sick ? For some people the getting high seems to be effective in their pain management. After using the feco responsibly for a while, a person builds a resistance to the getting high is what a man with severe back pain told me.
Many people use feco mixed with coconut oil as an ointment. This is what I use. The ointment is also edible but I would rather not be stoned. I use this on my hands when I think I need it. Some people use it for skin cancer anywhere they find a pre- skin cancer. I asked a person who was doing this how they knew what the pre-skin cancer looked like. It was just their best guess I think.
Cbd's made with hemp are regulated as supplements by the FDA. The FDA has shown that many cbd's are actually lacking the amount of cbd in the product as the manufacturer claims.
Feco is usually made with high quality indica or high quality cannabis that are regulated by the States that approved the products. In Washington there is a label that shows the thc and cbd percentage in the product.
Bill