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"I am going to be an activist. It is up to us to
change these laws. And it is going to take money, because if we
don't put in the money we aren't going to win. That is the bottom
line.My medical use of marijuana never interfered with my work; I ran a successful business. I told my conservative doctor what I was doing; he did not really agree with it because of the health risk of smoking, but he witnessed my positive results. I was minding my own business taking care of my health and my family. What was I doing to anybody that got me 93 years?" By former Oklahoman Will Foster after his release from prison. He was convicted of cultivating marijuana, used for his own medical purposes. "A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead BLOG OCCC is on Facebook and MySpace |
Testimony for Medical Marijuana by Oklahomans:I was born in Ponca City, Okla., on February 6th. 1944. I am 66 years old. Most of my life I have worked as a model and professional dancer. Other than that I have worked as an executive assistant, I sold Kirby vacuums, (best on the market) and I have done light industrial work. I really enjoy using my hands and brain to put things together. I enjoy this type of work more than an office environment. I have nearly 2 years of college, but did not graduate. I found I could make more money working part time as a model than I could at any other type of jobs. I am now unable to perform any type of work due to my pain. I have rallied all of my friends and acquaintances to get behind this and support it. Those that know me, know what I go through on a daily basis. Most all are willing to help in any way possible, but of course there is some apprehension due to this being a very small town and this would sort of put any one in the spotlight so to speak if they really try to help. Of course our police and sheriffs departments like nothing better than to go walking around the mountains trying to find somebody growing marijuana, rather than trying to find out who the people are that have been committing daylight home robberies, or dealing with something of a more severe nature. In January of 2001 I became ill. I had pain that moved around my upper torso. The pain ranged from feeling like I was on fire, to like something was trying to be pulled out of me. It was the most horrible pain I think any one could experience. I am still in pain today, it has never ever stopped. I was admitted to St. Francis hospital on or about the 4th. of January 2001. I was on large doses of morphine, and that didn't even help. Besides the back pain, I have a tightness around my chest. It feels like about a 3" belt that is pulled to tightly.It is becoming increasingly harder for me to take deep breathes. I have no life because I can't do much of anything due to the pain and becoming short of breath with only the smallest amount of exertion. In March of 2001, the Doctors finally found I had a Staph. infection in my spine and right lung. The surgery lasted I believe 2 days. Dr. Tyler Boone an orthopedic surgeon scraped my spine to try and slow down the infection, it had eaten most of my spine. I now have 2 metal rods in my back, one on each side of my spine. Besides the pain in my back and shoulders, I still have the tightness around my chest. Dr. Boone says this is from the nerve endings being eaten by the infection and there is nothing that can be done to give me any relief. Besides living in pain on a daily basis, my illness has caused depression, anxiety, and horrible muscle spasms and cramps. Nothing I have taken has relieved my pain, it only dulls it for a very short time. I have smoked marijuana given to me by a friend from California that gets medical marijuana. To say the least I was very surprised that the marijuana actually relaxed the muscles in my chest which alleviated some of the tightness and helped me to breath better, but also helped with the muscle cramps. I am on a fixed income and I can't afford to buy it, I live in section 8 housing so I certainly can't grow it. I wish the lawmakers that make laws and decisions concerning my well being and my quality of life could spend a day in my shoes. I honestly believe it could change some minds on this medical marijuana controversy, they would not be happy, waking up in pain after a less than a restful night's sleep due to the pain and muscle cramps. This is just the start of another day for me to have to endure. I get so very depressed and sad because I have no relief from my pain. I have been in pain 24/7 since I first became ill. Please I beg of you there has to be someone out there that can help get this medical marijuana made legal. Many thanks, Betty Lee, Wilburton, OK
Quincy Parker, Oklahoma I have an illness that keeps me from getting much sleep. Its a neck issue I haved had for years now. When I smoke it relieves the pain and tension in my neck. I think we as Oklahomans can greatly benefit from medical marijuana and hope we can get someone to feel our pain and hear our voices. Justin Huffman, Oklahoma I moved to Oklahoma from California and had been using marijuiana for depression and anxiety since I had adverse affects from other medications. Without this substance, it is difficult for me to hold a job and keep my family together. Blake Edward Knox, Oklahoma I have been an active member of Americans for Safe Access and HAVE EXPERIENCED THE BENEFITS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA. It has played a key role in stabilization of my PTSD caused by the Army. MB, Stillwater I suffer from constant pain due to fibromyalgia, degenerative joint disorder,hepatitis C & migraines.I currently take morphine & Lortab but they don't deaden the pain as well as marijuana.Because of this I would like to see medical marijuana legalized in Oklahoma. Jack, Woodward I am in the end stages of cerosis and suffer tremendously with leg cramps, nausea, vomiting,and pain in general. Marijuana is the only thing that helps all of the above. Prescriptions kill the liver more, marijuana does not! SD, Elk City I sufffer from severe migraines. They keep me from living an ordinary life. Everyday tasks are even difficult for me when struck by one. I have tried everything imaginable for relief. Doctors have prescribed every mentionable drug for migraines,NOTHING HELPED!!! The one thing i did find was marijuana. And yes, my doctor told me if it works do it. Unfortunately, for those of us that suffer from such afflictions, we pay the price if caught. Believe me it is no way to live having to look over shoulder while buying or trying to find marijuana on the street. Especially when your in tears from so much pain. I feel for millions that suffer from much worse ailments than I do that are scared of harsh punishment and penalties in order to get relief. You have my vote and my families! Thank God for compassion from people like you! JR, Muldrow I am a Multiple Sclerosis patient, as well as a spinal cord injury patient. These last few years, as my disease and condition has progressed, have been one of pain, muscle spasticity, and tremors which have resulted in being declared 100% disabled. I am only 46 yrs old and have, up until the last 3 years, been extremely active and enjoyed many invigorating activities. For the past 3 years I have been walking only with the aid of a cane and have progressively been losing the ability to walk at all. When I was in Colorado, visiting my parents, a friend of mine, who legally utilizes medical marijuana in tincture form, suggested I try some to help aleviate the severe muscle spasticity and tremors that I suffer from. I was amazed at how quickly the tincture worked. I was able to, for the frst time in years, reduce the amount of medication I normally needed to get through the day, or night for that matter. Not only was I able to sleep peacefully, for the first time in years, but I was also aware of the diminishment of my symptoms for the next few days as well. With only a few small teaspoonfulls during the entire two month visit, I had effectively reduced my symptoms by more than half. I researched the medical marijuana law in Colorado and was impressed with the details and feel that a similar program would be a great benefit to those of us here in Oklahoma who suffer from chronic diseases and pain issues. Currently, I am not willing to break the law and risk going to jail. I therefore have to rely on heavy amounts, once more, of a variety of nerve pain reducers, pain medication, and muscle relaxers that are destroying my liver and my kidneys. Several of my doctors know of my experiment and have agreed to it's benefits but do not dare officially prescribe cannabis at this time. I only hve one liver and one set of kidneys, with the prolonged use of these medications I put my health in even further danger. I am hoping that compassion, common sense and intelligent research will win the day. I love living in Oklahoma but if things don't change I will move to Colorado in order to have a safer form of relief from the symptoms of my disease and the spinal cord injury. TN, Enid I was for years against the use of marijuana until I became ill. Six years ago I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. I had to undergo radical chemo and radiation treatment and had moderate to severe nausea. I tried many nausea calming prescribed drugs and nothing really helped. There were other drugs available that I was not able to try due to the high cost and/or lack of coverage, so in sort of a sick of being sick desperation, I was able to get a hold of a small amount of marijuana. It did not take my nausea completely away, but it was extremely beneficial in improving my appetite in a way that no other prescribed drug had done. Cannabis was not only a great benefit to my appetite, but it also greatly help with the anxiety and depression that my illness caused. When I think that I could have been arrested and teated like a common criminal for using this just makes me shutter! I do not think anyone should be denied medicine that helps them...especially when it helps as much as cannabis helped me. Many of the drugs that we do allow to treat a variety of condition have far more negative side affects then marijuana does. I really cannot understand NOT legalizing it. KP, Alva I have suffered from Hemiplegic (I have a stroke) Migraine headaches since I was 9 years old. The doctors gave me different prescription drugs throughout the years but none of them seemed to help the pain or prevent my headaches from reoccurring. I was introduced to marijuana at the age of 13 by a friend who had cancer. His parents let him smoke marijuana so he would be able to eat after the horrible side effects of the chemo. He died at the age of 13 years old. I didn't actually become a marijuana smoker until I was about 16 years old, and it wasn't until I was 19 that I realized the wonderful and powerful medical effects marijuana had been playing in life. I realized that as long as I smoked marijuana on a regular basis I would have no migraine headaches. The only time I do have migraines is when I have not smoked marijuana for a week or two. I have to have this medication to maintain a regular life style without the excruciating and debilitating pain of migraines. So I whole heatedly agree with and endorse the efforts of the Drug Policy Forum of Oklahoma to legalize medical marijuana. NR, Del City I totally support the legalization of medical marijuana. I was 17 when doctors told me I had depression and mild OCD. Of course they recommended man made medication that made me feel much worse. Marijuana helps me feel better every day, and it helps me be more productive. We need medical marijuana in Oklahoma to help me and thousands of other people who need God's wonder drug.Marijuana helps my depression, anxiety, nervousness, headaches, chronic back pain, and lowers my incidents of OCD. Please we need this now! Thanks. 
"Cannabis will one day be seen as a wonder drug, as was penicillin in the 1940s. Like penicillin, herbal marijuana is remarkably nontoxic, has a wide range of therapeutic applications and would be quite inexpensive if it were legal." Dr. Lester Grinspoon, professor emeritus of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, pictured right. |