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felt was rights They said they would support me in any and every
way possible. I was very proud of them for understanding how I
felt and for their support. Marijuana is not a subject to
d£s_ms lightly in Georgla_ but my parents were willing %o face
whatever controversy developed.
- - 48. Shortly aster speaking with my parents X contacted
Alice O'Leary with the Medlca% ReclasslflcaZion Project, a group
seeking to make marijuana medically available to patients upon
the prescr_ptlon of a doctor_ MSo OeLeary provided me with
highly detailed Informatlon on mari_uana_s medical uses,
including numerous scientific studies whlch showed marijuana, and
a synthetic derivative of marijuana called THC, were effective in
_educ_ng nausea and vom_tlng followlng cancer chemotherapy and
radlatlon treatments.
49. X was surprised to see there was so much
information available on marljuana's medlcal uses. With all this
positlve data I couldn't understand why the federal government
wouldn't let serlously ill patients use the drug by prescription.
Federal pollc_es were no% simply _rrat.lonal - people were
suffsrlng_ su_ferlng like Harrls had suffered before we found
marlJuana.
50. Alice O_Leary also provided me with information on
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patient e_orts to make marijuana legally available for prescrip _-
tlve use. In particular she told me that_ in an effort to get
around ree%rlctive federal regulatlons_ states _ere passing laws
to permlt patients to smoke marijuana under a doctor superv_siono
_t was the first tlme _ began to _ully realize that thousands o_i
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