For several years, Cedarhurst resident Sherri Greene has suffered from fibromyalgia, an arthritis-related condition that causes debilitating pain throughout her arms and legs.

When the pain is at its worst, Green, 65, can't even grip a telephone. Tired of the ineffectiveness of painkillers, Greene turned to a different kind of drug to ease her pain: marijuana.

"I took two puffs," Greene said, "and it worked wonders."

Greene, like others with similar medical conditions, is hoping that a bill currently before the New York State Legislature will pass and legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes.

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