An organization that endorses the use of marijuana to help ailing patients met Wednesday at the Wellness Center to discuss the issue.

The Drug Policy Forum of Oklahoma explores "alternative drug strategies and issues." The group's goal is to reduce the harm of drugs to individuals and society by determining how to change current drug policies.

Michael Pearson, the forum's organizer and a registered pharmacist, advocates the use of marijuana to patients who suffer from certain illnesses. Studies have proven that marijuana has been helpful with multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury spasms, high blood pressure, migraines, joint pain, menstrual problems, asthma and rheumatism, he said.

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