Rocco Puzzo, 55, New York City

"I do not want to spend decades on end on narcotic pain medications, which carry serious side effects, inhibit lifespan, and are very addictive. But only morphine has relieved the terrible pain I have from degenerative disk disease. Please give my doctors and me the legal option of treating my pain with a safer and far less addicting option, marijuana."

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