
“A stockbroker with a crippling bone disease who has smoked more than 130,000 joints in his lifetime credits the relaxing drug for his long life. Irvin Rosenfeld, 60, says he would not be alive if he hadn’t been issued with 12 daily government-supplied marijuana cigarettes for more than 30 years, for the treatment of the rare bone disorder, multiple congenital cartilaginous exostosis. Mr Rosenfeld, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is the longest surviving patient to be assigned to the federal medical cannabis program, which began during the HIV epidemic in the 1970s, and is sharing his experience with lawmakers in a push to get it legalised.”
Related posts:
Jordanians ‘suspicious’ about U.S. troop movements
Russia's first gold exchange-traded fund lists on Moscow bourse
Puerto Rico’s Crisis Deals a Blow to Municipal-Bond Funds
Scientists discover DNA body clock
U.S. won't stop Native Americans from growing, selling pot on their lands
In Egypt streets, Islamists throw weight around
Bitcoin Ban Expands Across Credit Cards as Big U.S. Banks Recoil
Meet The Man Behind Booming Black Market Drug Website Silk Road
French officials furious at Economist "time-bomb" taunt
State Dept. reduced security to accommodate Clinton's private server
U.S. officials fuming over Hersh account of Osama bin Laden raid
White House seeks to enlist Silicon Valley to 'disrupt radicalization'
John McAfee reveals details on gadget to thwart NSA
Bond mutual funds post $34 billion outflow in December
Heated exchange after Baton Rouge cop pulls over fellow officer driving recklessly