A Rhode Island woman who suffers from two medical conditions spoke with FOX 25 about using medical marijuana to ease her pain. Ellen Lenox Smith doesn't want to be in a wheel chair or wear a neck brace, but it's the only way she can get around when her conditions get really bad. "I've had 20 surgeries to try and get myself back on my feet, to walk again, to be able to move around and hold myself together," says Ellen. If medical marijuana becomes legal in Mass., there would be distribution centers with strict oversight where patients would have written permission from their doctors saying they have a specific debilitating medical condition like cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, hepatitis C, Crohns, ALS, and more.
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Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
Marijuana’s use has particularly increased among teenagers. According to a December 2011 government report, one out of every 15 high school students smokes marijuana on a near daily basis, a figure that has reached a 30-year peak even as use of alcohol, cigarettes and cocaine among teenagers continued a slow decline.The popularity of marijuana reflects what researchers and drug officials say is a growing perception among teenagers that habitual marijuana use carries little risk of harm. That perception, experts say, is fueled in part by wider familiarity with medical marijuana and greater ease in obtaining it.http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/m/marijuana/index.html
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