Medical Marijuana Patients - Trista Okel

Once you join MPP’s team as an e-Activist, you will be assigned to a team named after a patient in a medical marijuana state. There are ten teams, and you and your fellow e-Activists will compete against other teams of e-Activists to see who can generate the most letters and calls to Congress. Below, meet some of the medical marijuana patients who are depending on your help -- and if you haven’t yet done so, make sure to join a team to end the arrest and imprisonment of people like these.

About Trista Affliction / Illness: Raynaud's disease, fibromyalgia, and chronic nausea Age: 31 Occupation Full-time documentary producer and community volunteer Trista Okel suffers from fibromyalgia, Raynaud's disease, and chronic nausea. Fibromyalgia is a difficut disease to treat, causing chronic pain and severe fatigue. Trista's illnesses have made life miserable at times. Using medical marijuana, Trista has maintained a healthy weight (she is now able to eat without suffering from debilitating nausea) and she is able to control swelling of the joints in her hands. Trista says that medical marijuana has allowed her to lead a more normal life. She serves on a local community college scholarship committee and works as a documentary film producer.