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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

California's Coming Crackdown On Pot: What Do You Do If You Need It?

When Richard Kearns wakes up each morning, he vomits. A former university professor who was diagnosed with AIDS 30 years ago, Kearns, 60, resides in a Los Angeles assisted-living facility and relies on marijuana, which he gets from local dispensaries, to manage the pain, anxiety and intense nausea that would otherwise prevent him from being able to keep down the pills he also takes daily. Now those dispensaries are in danger of being shut down.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's all about who gets the tax money, of course. Thsi is another example of how this administration wants to control everything, regardless of the effect on the population.

Anonymous said...

Yet they set up clinics all over the place to give out free methadone to addicts.Sounds fair...

Anonymous said...

Guess prozac sales are down? I know beer and achohol is not...these industies don't want the competition. Sad but true until we throw the lobbyist out it will never be legal, as it shold be..The people have spoken thats all that has to be said..the states need keep the feds out of state bussiness..