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Oregonians Light up as Medical Marijuana Law Takes
Posted by FoM on December 04, 1998 at 09:08:07 PT
This is great news!
With a deep drag on her glowing pipe, Gail Willock gave a satisfied stare through her hazy basement. In the 30 years she's smoked marijuana for arthritis and glaucoma, it was probably her first legal puff. 
Willock is among the seriously ill Oregonians who breathed a sigh of relief Thursday as a new medical marijuana law kicked in that allows them to puff with impunity. It's time to allow people to take care of their own health the way they see fit!The 48-year-old woman said marijuana cuts her pain in half and eliminates the spasmatic nightmares triggered by her years in Vietnam as a Red Cross volunteer. Willock welcomed the law passed by voters last month, but bureaucrats are hustling to iron out such details as permits and policing policies by May 1, when medical marijuana users will receive special state registration cards. Until then, they are protected under an affirmative defense provision written into the law. While police are still able to arrest marijuana users, suspects can dodge a conviction by having a doctor confirm that the drug could ease their debilitating illness. Now all we need is for a Federal Medical Marijuana Law to fix the madness that still reigns in many States!
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