Yep - I am just outside protestor central. There are protestors in Portland every day, they just change their signs to meet the "cause du jour" which, today, is Trump being elected. Their MO is to block traffic downtown, including blocking the commuter train routes, bunch of idiots with no job or important place to be making it impossible for those of us that do have those things to get where we need to go -- short sighted considering those are the people who need to get to work to pay the taxes that support their sorry a$$es........not a fan of Portlands protestors.....
My MIL has used the rub on stuff -- it is not actually an intoxicant in those forms and she said it helped a little but wasn't a miracle cure or anything and, honestly, I suspect the relief was from the other ingredients ---- you know, the stuff found in usual rub on pain relief.
They have medical and recreational here -- ridiculous, imo, but nothing to be done about that so I settled for voting in favor of taxing the heck out of the recreational stuff -- the county and city both had things on the ballot for taxing the sales, and both passed! I figure if you have the disposable income to be spending on recreational pot you can afford to pay some taxes on it.
Have you talked to them about maintenance dosing with Miralax, etc -- there is a generic/prescription version that is covered by insurance, DS was on it for several years while we worked to rehab his colon - we paid a whopping $9 for a 3 month supply through the mail order pharmacy our insurance used. In addition to that I had to carefully monitor his diet to ensure he was getting enough dietary fiber and avoiding potential constipators.......