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27. One morning_ a week before Christmas, I woke up
and discovered that my vision had been affected. I could not
see well enough to read or write. This condition continued for °
a period of three and a half weeks.
28° When _ smoke marijuana my entire body seems to
re!axe spasms decrease or d£sappear_ ! sleep better, and my
dizzy spells vanish. One nightF after this last major attackF
my personal care attendant (_PCA _) came over shortly after I
finished smoking a joint. She began to stretch the muscles in
my legs which had been knotted by spasms for several weeks and
was surprised at how flexible and limber I was. I told her I
had just smoked marijuana and she said tlhat, a number of the
patients she treated also smoked marijuana, However_ she did
not know how I could legally obtain marijuana for my medical
USe.
29. I again told my doctor that I was smoking
marijuana and asked him to write me a prescription so I could
legally obtain the drug for my medical u_e. He told me he
believed that my medical need for marijuana was genuine and
said he would write me a prescription for marijuana. He told
me that he doubted I could find a pharmacist who could fill
such a prescription° He then suggested that I contact the
Massachusetts Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union
(_ACLU _) to see if they could find a way for him to legally
prescribe marijuana to me.
30° After checking into the p:oblem_ the ACLU told
me that it is virtually impossible for patients, regardless of
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