Practical Pot Politics
March 18th, 2015 by Mike VasilindaSeveral dozen advocates for medical marijuana gathered in the Senate Chambers of the old capitol to talk about how to broaden the scope of medical marijuana today. Among them, Kathy Jordan, an ALS sufferer and one of the few people legally allowed to smoke marijuana today out of medical necessity. She and Husband Bob have been trying to light a fire under lawmakers for the last two decades.
“58 percent of the people want this, okay? And now there holding this legislation up and the main thing we want to let them know is, people are dying. People are sick and suffering when they could have accessed this” says Bob Jordan.
Kathy was given just a few years to live more than 15 years ago. She says smoking marijuana relieves most of her symptoms…and that when she doesn’t smoke, they return.
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