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29_ Unable to obtain legal access to marijuana, this
young man -- if he was smart -_ bought some marijuana off the
street as soon as he got home. The choice between breaking the
law or retaining your. sight is difficult, but it certainly
would be understandable if he opted to preserve his vision.
30_ This situation was not unique. I saw a fairly laz@e
number of patients at Howard who_ based on my observatlons_
might have gained slsnificant benefit from medically-supervised
access to marijuana_
31o All I could do was tell them the results of my
evaluations. While the law could prevent me from treating
these patientss it could not prevent me from informing them.
32. During these conversatlons_ I did Not 5int around.
Most of _
the people ! saw knew they were losing their sight.
Many had undergone years of unsuccessful treatments and
numerous surgical procedures. Ire based on my evaluations,
marijuana demonstrated a value in significantly lowering a
patient's IOP_ I made darn sure the patient knew this and
understood the implications°
33. While _ could not provide these patients with legal
access to marijuanas I felt _ owed them the best possible
information and guidance possibles I never told a patient to
break the law.
34. I left _oward University in January_ 1978_ to assume
a position (described above) at the University of North
Carolina.
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