Tag: Pain
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Cannabis Advocate Connie Slayton Norgart: You Iowa Politicians Truly Are Abusing Your Elders, And Boy, It Really, Really Hurts
I’m Connie Slayton Norgart. I spoke in front of the senate when we started advocating for medical cannabis. Many others with diseases have been testifying in front of the senate. I had polio as a baby and developed post polio syndrome at age 35. My career as a nurse for 36 years included mainly state…
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Indianola, Iowa Man Responds To Governor Reynolds Heart Aching Veto
Governor Reynolds, medical marijuana has had the THC removed, which gets you high. Medical marijuana benefits many illnesses. I voted for you in the last election. The next election I will be voting against you because of your ignorance on medical marijuana!! Dean A. Dutcher Indianola, Iowa
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This Drug Overdose Was Completely $@#%#~! Preventable | A Personal Tribute To Iowa Harm Reduction Coalition’s Andrew Beeler, Drug War Victim In 2019
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you…misguided and hate based drug policy and demonization of drug users must change. Right the fuck now. The Iowa Press Citizen wrote a tribute: He died of an overdose, but he’ll be remembered for helping others avoid a similar fate Below is Sarah Ziegenhorn, Executive Director and founder…
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HEMP LAW SIGNED BY WYOMING GOVERNOR | Facebook Statement Quoted By Media Captures Complexities Of This Moment In Time
Sometimes the media catches moments in time that are deeply personal and also, ironic and/or amusing. While the Governor signed the hemp bill into law, the Governor’s chief of staff reportedly received this gift from a leading marijuana minister: “I just gave the Governor’s chief of staff a hemp gift bag with a hemp…
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Transcript from Medical Cannabidiol Advisory Board Hearing August 3rd 2018 Ankeny Iowa [TRANSCRIPT]
This is an unofficial transcript, first draft. Medical Cannabidiol Advisory Board Hearing Medical Cannabidiol Advisory Board Hearing August 3rd 2018 Part 1 etc August 3rd, 2018 Ankeny Iowa Part 1 https://www.iowamedicalmarijuana.org/Iowa/MCAB_2018_08_03_1. Moderator: Here’s when I think we’ll go ahead and get started. I officially call to order the August 3rd 2018 Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Advisory…
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Iowan with MS to Iowa Legislature: “It is your job to assist, not obstruct, MS patients and their decision to improve the quality of their lives”
For information on how to submit a medical cannabis resolution at tonight’s Iowa caucus, please see Iowa Caucuses Tonight at 7 pm: How To Submit Medical Cannabis Resolution. Here’s a testimonial from an Iowan with multiple sclerosis: “With MS, the body’s energy is used up by the immune system. For 24 hours a day, the…
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Iowa Pastor: “As a member of the clergy…I hope that Iowa will legalize doctor prescribed cannabis”
For information on how to submit a medical cannabis resolution at tonight’s Iowa caucus, please see Iowa Caucuses Tonight at 7 pm: How To Submit Medical Cannabis Resolution. Here’s a testimonial from an Iowa pastor: Over 1,000 Iowans have signed this petition to support medical cannabis. If you haven’t signed yet, click this picture for…
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Iowan With Chronic Back Pain: “Cannabis has felt like a second chance at life. I just don’t want to feel like a criminal.”
I received this email the other day: My Story February 2007 I just turned 17 when had my first lower back surgery from a massively herniated disk. I started experiencing upper back pain a couple months later. From that moment on my life went spiraling downhill. I would have to lay on the floor during…
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Iowa Woman With Crohn’s, Fibromyalgia: “I Feel It Is Time For Iowa To Move To Medical Marijuana”
Another anonymous letter from an Iowan to Legislators: “I am writing and would like to include my story but I would rather be anonymous. I am a 43 year old woman who has been diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease and Fibromyalgia. I have a rare form of Crohn’s as it is mainly in my joints. This…
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Dr. Alan Koslow Speech on Medical Cannabis in Des Moines, Iowa: “Smoked Marijuana Is A Safe, Effective Therapeutic Agent”
Dr. Alan Koslow is a Director of Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana. Transcripts of Dr. Koslow’s full speech available here on pages 84-99. Follow WeedPress on Facebook. If you’d like your story heard by legislators this next session, email me at jkarimi2007@hotmail.com. Don’t put anything incriminating in your letter, and you can remain anonymous if…
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Iowan With Muscular Dystrophy: “If Medical Cannabis Were Legal I Would Have a Better Quality of Life”
See Also: [VIDEO] Paralyzed From Neck Down, Fairfield Woman Asks Legislators To Legalize Medical Cannabis — HeartLandConnection.com Chronic Pain Patient’s Anonymous Testimony: “I Need Cannabis to Live my Life Without Pain…These People in Office in Iowa are Cruel!” Iowa Crohns Patient To Iowa Legislature: “Cannabis Could Help Me and Thousands Of Iowans Live a Better…
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