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Newshawk: http://www.drugsense.org/donate.htm
Pubdate: Sun, 09 Aug 2009
Source: Omaha World-Herald (NE)
Copyright: 2009 Omaha World-Herald Company
Contact:
Website: http://www.omaha.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/320
Author: Elizabeth Ahlin
Cited: Iowa Board of Pharmacy Medical Marijuana Hearings http://www.iowa.gov/ibpe/marijuana_hearings.html
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/George+McMahon
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Barbara+Douglass
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Iowa+Board+of+Pharmacy
SUFFERERS TELL HOW POT EASES PAIN
About 21 years have gone by since George McMahon landed in the
University of Iowa hospital.
He was suffering from kidney failure, a fractured spine, nausea and
extreme pain. Doctors had not yet discovered the root of his
problems, a rare genetic disorder called nail-patella syndrome. But
they told him one thing: He probably wouldn't live through the night.
That evening, McMahon smoked a joint -- given to him by someone
visiting an ailing cancer patient -- with the thought "Why not?"
Later that night, he was able to eat. Ten days later, he left the hospital.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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