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marijuana and had urged me to smoke marijuana
to contrel my glaucomao However_ this
federally authorized researcher could not
i,_
legally prescribe marijuana to me, despite
his medical judgment that the drug was
critical to controlling_y_ey_a pressures and
to prolonging my sight. _-_/
Ed Cartes feeling of frustration is certainly under-
standableŽ Without questions for a cow,try to deny Ed Cart -_ a
Viet_a_ vete_n 8_ access to a _rug that he knows will prevent
him from going blinds is inexcusableo
The resort to criminality is difficult for some
patients_ Edward Wallace testified:
I a_ably have to break the law in order to
obtain a medicine that I need in order to
retain my sight° Purchasing marijuana on the
street to meet an ongoing medical need is
extremely e_ensive and potentially danger-
our .... I have three options: (a) run
the risk of breaking the law by smoking
marijuanas (b) going blinds or (c) facing a
risky _qical procedure that might leave me
blindŽ_U_s
Dr. Merritt reports, #Patients came from around the
country in an effort to gain access to licit supplies of
marijuanao "/_Q_/ Dr. Merritt relates one incident which under-
scores how far patients will go in an attempt to receive licit
carep and the problems they encounter in this effort. AcCording
to Dr. Merritt_ one young glaucoma patient took a bus from
Detroit and appeared at Howard University seeking help. Merritt
_05/ Affidavit of Edward Wallace_ _ 41.
_.Q_/ Affidavit of Dr. John Merritt, _ 23.
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