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Taken from letters written by Arkansas patients: MY STORY -- I'm a medical marijuana user. Ten years ago, I was an addiction professional, working in a chemical dependency program. I also worked in DWI programs. Five years ago, I was in an auto accident that totaled my truck and me. Click here to read full story. FIBROMYALGIA AND SCLERODERMA, very painful daily life and marijuana is the only medicine that she can use that doesn't keep her too drugged to function. FIBROMYALGIA, CHRONIC BACK & JOINT ILLNESS -- I blew out my back in 1994. I have had two unsuccessful surgeries and have been on disability since 1996. I have degenerative disk disease, degenerative joint disease, and fibromyalgia. I have been living with near constant pain since 1994. I also live with severe depression and anxiety. I am on some very serious "legal" medications with strong addictive possibilities and numerous side effects including hydrocodone and oxycodone (maximum dosage), muscle relaxers, and sleeping pills. Even with these medications, I still have significant pain and trouble sleeping. The only medicine that brings me near a pain-free state is marijuana. Marijuana stops my painful muscle spasms, eases my pain greatly, and helps me sleep. It also improves my mood. In many ways, I feel it has saved my life. This is an important issue of legal reform that means life versus death, or misery versus relief for millions of people. I can no longer sit back and do nothing. I will do what I can in my little corner of the world. If we all did that, change would be inevitable. November 20, 2002 Hot Springs
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