Marijuana Policy Project

"I am an elderly woman suffering with spinal stenosis and osteoarthritis. This is very painful and somewhat disabling. The side effects of NSAIDs gave me ulcers. Marijuana is the only source of relief when accompanied by the mildest prescribed medication. This plant does much to alleviate pain, elevate mood, and increase appetite and thirst, the latter being so important to the elderly whose sense of thirst is so diminished that dehydration becomes a health risk. Please enact A. 4867-B."

 If you are a New Yorker, please write your state senator in support of allowing medical marijuana here or call him or her here.

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