This Woman Says Smoking Marijuana Made Her a Better Mom

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“Look at me. I’m a regular mom. Average looking,” Jessie Gill wrote in an essay for Redbook. “You’d never think anything was wrong with me. But the truth is every single day, I battle with excruciating pain. And because of my disability, my family suffers. To manage that pain — and that suffering — I use medical marijuana.” 

In January 2014, Giill suffered multiple herniated discs with nerve impingement while working as a hospice nurse. “Each doctor offered a new diagnosis and treatment but nothing helped,” Gill wrote. “After nine months of constant suffering, I finally agreed to a spinal fusion, desperate for relief. Sadly, the surgery didn’t help. My pillbox ruled my life and caused so much confusion I could barely help with second-grade homework.” 

Jessie Gill

Jessie Gill with her boyfriend and Tyler. Courtesy Jessie Gill

That’s when Gill’s mother made the life-changing suggestion...

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