With a slow exhale, a plume of smoke escapes from his marijuana cigarette. Dressed in a gray business suit, Irv Rosenfeld is the most unlikely person you'd expect to be lighting up during a quick lunch from his job as a high profile stockbroker.

But Rosenfeld, who handles accounts in Boca Raton and Ft. Lauderdale, is not your stereotypical pothead.

Diagnosed with a rare bone disorder at the age of 10, he is one of seven people in the United States who receives medical marijuana from the government. The "compassionate use" program, which began in 1978, was cancelled in 1982, but Rosenfeld was "grandfathered in."

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