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Is Smoking Pot While Recovering From Brain Damage Harmful?

hello my boyfrien recently had a stroke at the age of 29 due to diebeties..he has brain damage but is making a good recovery and coming around more and more evryday....his friend visits him alot at the hospital and sometimes smokes pot with him.....he says it helps with pain......can this cause harm?
Wed, 4 Feb 2015
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Well come to HCM
smoking such thing is not all good for his brain health, he already have some bad pathology like stroke, so he need to be very careful else this may cause anything more danger, hope this information helps, take care.
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Is Smoking Pot While Recovering From Brain Damage Harmful?

HI Well come to HCM smoking such thing is not all good for his brain health, he already have some bad pathology like stroke, so he need to be very careful else this may cause anything more danger, hope this information helps, take care.