I'll be the first to admit that I had never once tried the stuff until after my accident. I was in a lot of pain (still am to some extent but way better than before). I have days when I need a cane to walk around the house and can barely make it to the vehicle. I was struggling with finding a so called "prescription medication" that worked and didn't have wicked side effects. I had plateau'd in my recovery from my injuries and had accepted that for any distance more than 150 feet, I would be stuck using a mobility scooter and be in constant pain. Life was not enjoyable. My family doctor suggested that I try medical Marijuana as it is legal here for both medical and recreational. I struggled for months with the thought of even doing that.
My friends at camp all partake in the recreational stuff and at that point, I still had not tried it. They saw the pain I was in and suggested that I try it. Up to that point, I was getting maybe 2 hours of sleep without waking up in pain. I tried it and went back to the camper and slept the whole night.
My experience started ordering from the "government websites". A doctor prescribes it and assigns you a provider online to order from. I would just order it online. Now with all the recreational shops selling the exact same stuff as the online shop, I can just go to a local shop's website and place an order and....they deliver within 2 hours.
So, all that being said, I have gravitated to the vape pens. They are sold in an oil capsule 1 gram or .05 grams I believe. They are a .510 battery thread.
They are all thc oil. One is a sativa base which is a get up and go in the morning/ give me energy for hours. One is a hybrid blend of both sativa and indica. Sativa is an energizer while a hybrid is a relax in the afternoon but don't want to go to sleep yet blend. For at night, I switch to an indica which basically acts like a sedative.
As with anything, it will hit you harder at first until you get used to it.
I'll share a little story of why we no longer travel in the states. Two years ago we went down for the weekend to an outdoor concert. I was back to using a scooter and being in severe pain for 3 days because I couldn't bring my vape pens across the border into Minnesota even though it's legal there for medical and I have a prescription in Canada. No, instead they would rather have people hooked on oxys. And at that point I had been free of the scooter for 2 years. So imagine how I felt.