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mr_lebowski

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1. Pot lasts in your system for over a month, and gabapentin really isn't an intoxicating drug

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2019, 11:37 PM

Mar 2019

If you take a bunch you can catch a little bit of a weird and really not 'fun' buzz off of it, but that's about it. It's also used for like 15 conditions, not just 'anti-anxiety', in fact I think that's an off-label use. Calling it that makes it sound like it's like Xanax ... when it's really not.

This MIGHT be the reason for the accident, but it could as easily NOT be.

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Truck driver involved in crash with Amtrak train carrying GOP lawmakers had marijuana and a prescrip [View all] Eugene Mar 2019 OP

Pot lasts in your system for over a month, and gabapentin really isn't an intoxicating drug mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #1

I had a prescription for Neurontin(Gabapentin) for 5 dewsgirl Mar 2019 #2

Like I say, if you take more than normal (or if you're naive to it),you can catch a little buzz ... mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #3

I drove, there were times I probably shouldn't have. dewsgirl Mar 2019 #4

You nailed exactly why I'm very familiar with this particular drug ;) mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #5