mmj from a patients perspective

Presented By:

Jennifer Solis-Ball, Marty Ball

& Dezmond Hill

I say Marijuana you think:

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And the list goes on……….

Open your mind

You say Marijuana, we think:

It’s Cannabis NOT WEED!

It’s medcine NOT a drug!

Cannabis saves lives like OURS and thousands

of others we know.

Cannabis can save lives and help with symptoms from several diseases and other medical issues.

Medicinal use is legal in NM.

We live in a city that has several choices between despensaries to obtain medicine.

Patients can request permssion (a license) to grow their own medicine.

Ability to cut down or quit using pharmaceuticals on a daily basis.

New jobs.

Increase in local economic revenue.

Stereotype that surrounds marijuana, cannabis, pot, weed, whatever you want to call it.

It’s illegal federally.

Lack of regulations for growing and dispensing medication.

Lack of knowledge by despensary bud tenders in NM of which strains help with what symptoms or diseases.

Lack of knowledge regarding different ways to intake medicine.

Lack of proper dosage informtion for each individual patient.

Lack of proper testing of medicine prior to despensing to patient.

Lack of insurance coverage

Lack of your primary doctor or medical specialist to feel safe prescribing cannabis even though they believe in it’s efficiency

High out of pocket expense to patients.

Age limitations in some states for medicinal use.

Not all diseases, disabilities, symptoms that cannabis can help with are approved for medicinal use.

Lack of sufficient safe accessability to medicate wherver they are at the moment.

Not permitted to carry medicine with you wherever needed.

It’s a felony to take medicine out of state with you….your either trapped or a criminal.

And he was still seizing between 250-700 times a day.

Emergency meds….

3 dropper fulls of CBD tincture

1-2 inhalations of CBD/THC vapor prior to

bed.

EMERGENCY use 2-3 inhilations of CBD/THC

vapor to stop impending seizure or active

seizure.

*if unconsious due to seizure RSO rubbed on

gums or oil dropped in side of mouth.

Thyroid cancer

Throat cancer 1st time

Throat cancer 2nd time

Chemo

Radiation

Oxygen