Here's my two cents in support of a yes vote for medical marijuana. I am 77 with back pain called sciatica. I have used every pill, injection, X-ray and specialist that my insurance will provide, plus $7,000 of my own money for time on a chiropractor's wonder machine, all complete failures. Hydrocodone usually helps slightly.

Twice I smoked a half of a marijuana cigarette. Both times the pain was completely gone in 20 minutes. Recreational use? I have no opinion.

Greenbrier

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