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DdC · 11-23-2005, 06:58 PM

US Sailing Bans Sailor for Medical Marijuana By Jessica Ricci
Source: Providence Phoenix Rhode Island November 23, 2005
Competitive sailor Irvin Rosenfeld has been using medical grade marijuana for 20 years to treat multiple congenital cartilaginous exostosis, a disease that causes bone tumors to grow on most of the long bones of his body. The 52-year-old Florida stockbroker, who joined a federal program called Compassionate Care Investigational New Drug in 1982, says the 10 to 12 marijuana cigarettes he gets each day from Uncle Sam offer the only relief for his excruciating chronic pain. He is one of six current participants in the program.
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DdC Decade Yahookan Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Santa Cruz,CA,USA Posts: 2,088 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 47 Thanked 570 Times in 378 Posts	US Sailing Bans Sailor for Medical Marijuana By Jessica Ricci Source: Providence Phoenix Rhode Island November 23, 2005 Competitive sailor Irvin Rosenfeld has been using medical grade marijuana for 20 years to treat multiple congenital cartilaginous exostosis, a disease that causes bone tumors to grow on most of the long bones of his body. The 52-year-old Florida stockbroker, who joined a federal program called Compassionate Care Investigational New Drug in 1982, says the 10 to 12 marijuana cigarettes he gets each day from Uncle Sam offer the only relief for his excruciating chronic pain. He is one of six current participants in the program. Read More... http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread21333.shtml