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- smoking marijuana° _Q/ Dr. Arthur Kaufman (Washington_ D.C.)
reported that he had observed quadraplegics at the Greenbelt
Convalescent Center successfully controlling their episodes of
spasticity through marijuana smokingo 9-_J Finally_ Dr. Daniel
Dansak reported that he was aware of at least one patient in New
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Mexico who had successfully controlled his spasticity with
marijuana. 7_/
David Branstetter (Florissant._ Missouri) reported that
he knew of at least twenty muitiple sclerosis, para- and
quadraplegic patients who smoked marijuana to control their
muscle spasticity. _73/ Martha Hirsch (_ramingham, Massachusetts)
...... _
testified that she had met many other _ patients who were also
using marijuana to control spasticity_ _/ Valerie Cover (San
Francisco, California) and Greg Paufler (Springwater, New York)
.... _: ha˘e also successfully employed marijuana to control their
8pasticity.
In the case of ___/liDgton v. DiaD_a_ discussed more
...... _ fully beiow_ four multiple sclerosis patients testified that they
experienced significant improvement in their condition after
671/ Cross-examination of DrŽ Arthur Kaufman_ Tr. 9-237 & 9-238°
The use of marijuana, he noted_ had _really made a difference foz
them." /_o at 9-238
_67_/ Cross-examination of Dr. Daniel Dansak, Tr. Ii=115.
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93// Affidavit of David Branstetter_ _ 39°
_67_./ Affidavit of Martha Hirsch, _ 18. Martha Hirsch also
mentioned that her personal care attendant knew other MS patients
who smoked marijuana to control their spasticityo !d. at _ 28°
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