Ipswich families are crying out for trials of medicinal marijuana as they struggle to manage seizures and chronic pain. Springfield’s Dylan Santos, 12, suffers up to 20 seizures a day due to epilepsy and a progressive neurological disorder leukodystrophy. His parents were told their son would not survive past two. Mum Sarah Santos worries about […]
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Minnesota: Sick, Dying, And Waiting For Doctors
Kathleen and Rick Blake lost their 8-year-old son Michael to leukemia in 1988, four years after his diagnosis. Last year, their family was again struck by cancer when doctors diagnosed their daughter Jessica with glioblastoma multiforme, a brain tumor. Determined to help Jessica, the Blakes want her to start taking medical cannabis in July, when […]
Another Buffalo-area Child Dies Waiting for Emergency Access to Medical Marijuana
Family’s Pleas for Relief for Little Donella Nocera Went Unheeded Families, Advocates Call Upon Governor Cuomo to Immediately Help Suffering New Yorkers NEW YORK: Yesterday, 8 year old Donella Nocera of Niagra Falls passed away while waiting for emergency access to medical marijuana to ease her end-of-life suffering. December 12, 2014 Drug Policy Alliance read […]