Mom Smokes Marijuana to Be Better Parent

Marijuana is a known treatment for anxiety – but for parenting? One mom of three insists that marijuana makes her a better parent.

The realization came to Lea Grover while home with her crying 2-year-old twins, she writes in a new essay for Cosmopolitan. She hadn't smoked weed in years, but she decided to take two puffs from her "stash box."

"When I went back to change my daughters' diapers, something was different. I was different," she writes, saying that being high allowed her to empathize better with her daughters. "When my daughter whined I understood implicitly she was uncomfortable in her diaper. I stripped her of her clothes, and she started smiling at once."

After the incident, she realized she was "actually sort of a better parent stoned."

Lea Grover goes on to write that she avoids relying on the substance, but she seeks it out for...

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