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Liberty Belle

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3. Try medical cannabis chocolates or other chewables. It helped my Mom be less belligerent and happier

Reply to slightlv (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 7, 2021, 07:24 PM

Jun 2021

and also helped with pain and sleeping somewhat.

It's safer than the other drugs the doctors load patients up on. Mom did great on this until she had a fall and fractured her back; now she's in care facility and doctors won't allow the cannabis so they've tried various other drugs that don't really work but have side effects such as making her groggy.

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