A Toke a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on February 1st, 2010 in Emotional Issues, Health Care Policy, In The News, Linked Articles, Medications.
Alone in her Birmingham, England home, a woman stirs a half teaspoon of cannabis into her hot tea. By seeking relief from pain and spasms caused by multiple sclerosis in this way she is, in the eyes of the law, a criminal.
She doesn’t take this action lightly and is not out for a recreational high. She simply wants a reprieve from the relentless pain that plagues her and, after sipping her tea, generally experiences about three hours of relief. Only those who live in chronic pain can fully understand her anguish.
Speaking of her predicament she says, “I want politicians to be nice to me… I’m sick.” One cannot put it more simply than that.
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