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 .,_ 8.-A healthy, athietic young worn na_d"Valerie Coyerwas stPicken
 wlth _ltiple sclerosis whilein her early twenties. She consulted several
 ._ medical speciali___.and followed all the custo_ry regimens and prescribed
 , _-,_*_-+:+for_ol_lli_g _rt_,_his debilitatlng disease over a period of several years°
 None of these proved availlng+ Two yea_. after flr$_ experiencing the symptoms
 of _Itiple sclerosis her active, productive life + as an athlete, Navy o_F?icer°_
 _ife and motli_" + _:,et_Tl_ectively over+ Tl_e Social Security Adminlst_tlon
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 ._;_/_._|_d her totally disabled. To move _bout her ho_ she had to sit on a skate+
 • board a_:_ push herself around. She spent most of her time _n bed or sitting I_
 _" wheel chal r+ ._
 g.., An+occasional marijuana smoker in her teens, before her marriage+
 she had_ not smoked, it for i+Ive years _s of February Ig86+ ?hen a neighbor
 : suggested that _rijuana just might help hlrs+ Cover|s _Itiple sclerosis, having
 read that it had helped cancer patlent+s control their emesiso _Irso Cover
 acceded to the suggestion.
 lO, Just before smoking the marljuana cigarette produced by her neighbor,
 Mrs. Cover-had been throwing up and suffering from spasms. Within five minutes
 of s_kl.ng part of the-marljuana cigarette she stopped vo_iting_ no longer felt
 nauseous and noticed that the intensity of her spasms _as significantly ceducedo
 She stood up unalded+
 Iio Mrs. Cover began smoking _rijuana whenever she felt nauseated°
 When she did so it controlled her _ vomiting_ stopped the nausem and increased her
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