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blondebanshee

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Mon Sep 17, 2018, 10:08 AM Sep 2018

Pot Sellers Put Seniors On The Canna-Bus

Jim Levy, 71, suffers a pinched nerve that shoots pain down both his legs. He uses a topical cream and ingests cannabis gelatin capsules and lozenges.

"I have no way to measure, but I'd say it gets rid of 90 percent of the pain," says Levy, who — like other seniors here — pays for these products out-of-pocket as Medicare doesn't cover cannabis.




[link:https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/17/648024454/ticket-to-ride-pot-sellers-put-seniors-on-the-canna-bus|

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