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Stockbroker Crusades for Medicinal Marijuana
Posted by CN Staff on November 21, 2009 at 05:32:48 PT
By Linda Trischitta, Staff Writer
Source: Sun-Sentinel
Fort Lauderdale -- Since 1982, Irvin Rosenfeld has received a free tin of 300 marijuana cigarettes from the federal government every 25 days. And he wants the world to know how it has helped him cope with multiple congenital cartilaginous exostosis, a bone disorder that resulted in scores of tumors in his body.At a picnic table outside his office building Friday, stockbroker Irvin Rosenfeld took a long drag on his 115,000th marijuana cigarette.
"It's delicious because it's legal," said Rosenfeld, 56. A bag bearing a prescription label that orders "use 10 cigarettes daily" lay before him. "I'm appreciative, happy and healthy because I have the right medicine."Rosenfeld was celebrating. Since 1982, he said, he has received a free tin of 300 marijuana cigarettes from the federal government every 25 days. And he wants the world to know how it has helped him cope with multiple congenital cartilaginous exostosis, a bone disorder that resulted in scores of tumors in his body.He credits marijuana with easing muscular contractions, swelling and pain he has felt since age 10. He also believes it inhibits new tumors on his largest bones, growths that can tear muscles and blood vessels."If I didn't use marijuana, if I was still alive I'd be homebound and not have a lot of mobility," he said.Rosenfeld said he did not experience red eyes, sleepiness or food cravings from using marijuana."I get no euphoric effect from the medicine," he said.Rosenfeld would not name his physician because of privacy concerns and a spokeswoman for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said she cannot confirm any individual's story.Rosenfeld presented his doctor's report of his marijuana treatment to the FDA 27 years ago and began receiving shipments as a participant in the agency's compassionate investigational new drug program, he said."God's been there for me and I've got to give back," Rosenfeld said about his crusade to destigmatize medical marijuana.According to ProCon.org, 13 states have legalized marijuana for medical use, a list that does not include Florida.But the federal Drug Enforcement Administration considers marijuana illegal in every state.Penalties for amounts smaller than what Rosenfeld's tin contains can garner 364 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. Depending upon amounts possessed at arrest, prison sentences can increase to 15 years.Debbie Rosenfeld said of the marijuana use by her husband of 36 years, "I hate the smoke and ashes. I don't use it. But I'm the first one to jump on the bandwagon for what it's done for him."She described how her husband would wake up screaming when his muscles would tighten around bone growths."He'd be crawling on the floor, wishing the pain would ease," she said. "But with marijuana, all of that went away. He's been on some heavy medications in his day. Now he can get up and come to work."Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (FL)Author: Linda Trischitta, Staff WriterPublished: November 20, 2009Copyright: 2009 South Florida Sun-SentinelContact: ltrischitta sunsentinel.comWebsite: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/QaFqWoI8CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml
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Comment #9 posted by MaryjaneDaly on December 01, 2009 at 10:43:18 PT
compassionate investigational new drug program
Perfect!Thank you Dankhank.Peace Out, MjD
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Comment #8 posted by RevRayGreen on November 22, 2009 at 06:05:02 PT
reunruff re:#3
Yes prototcol say's they can't share and can only smoke IND weed. I've spent some time w/George McMahon over the years....although he has never partaken in my brand of marijuana, in conversation we've discussed better varities....Here is a picture of George at mi casa last summer.http://tinyurl.com/yfdbwnl
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Comment #7 posted by BGreen on November 21, 2009 at 23:32:51 PT
Picture this ... 1976 ... a 13-year-old BGreen
It was the summer before my freshman year of high school. We had just moved to a new town and the son of one of my dad's coworkers befriended me. That entire summer I ran around with sophomores. Those sophomores shared their cannabis with me. I inhaled many times and I liked it.I can honestly say that if ANY of the cannabis I've knowingly consumed in the following 33+ years had looked like that garbage distributed by our government, especially the very first time, I would be a non-partaker at this point in my life. This crap doesn't even resemble the cannabis available in every single high school in America in 2009.The government has tried to ensure failure. When someone adulterates and/or reduces the strength of pharmaceutical drugs before providing them to a patient they call that felonious tampering.They need a category beyond "felony" to describe the crime against cannabis and patients perpetrated by the government and this garbage they produce.The sad thing is that people who get this governmental cannabis garbage are actually the best treated medical marijuana patients in the country. NO JAIL, NO WEAPONS POINTED AT THEIR HEADS and NO VISITS FROM THE SPAWNS OF SATAN KNOWN AS DRUG COPS!The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #6 posted by runruff on November 21, 2009 at 22:40:57 PT
Saved by the good stuff!
"Supply and quality control issues arose frequently, and Randall and other patients experienced delays in receipt of shipments or substitution of weaker strains that required doubling of smoked intake."Even this statement is understated! Of course the cannabis helped! It wasn't suppose to help. I believe the whole program was programed to fail because I have such a fascist government that not only would do something like that but I would not expect anything but!
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Comment #5 posted by Dankhank on November 21, 2009 at 21:43:58 PT
try this ...
http://www.cannabismd.org/reports/russo2.php
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Comment #4 posted by runruff on November 21, 2009 at 14:33:43 PT
I don't mean they fake their illness!
Or that cannabis does not help them, it does, very much, because they get good medicine!
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Comment #3 posted by runruff on November 21, 2009 at 13:18:28 PT
Irv and Elsa Musika are playing it up!
I've met both of these fine folks and they joke sarcastically about the Mississippi swag they get from Uncle Sam.They are given donations from people who want them to have the best. I know who these donors are but it wouldn't be a good thing to name them!Receiving from the gov allows them to possess and use it.
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Comment #2 posted by MaryjaneDaly on November 21, 2009 at 12:56:15 PT:
THC level of Rosenfeld's GOV Cannabis
I'm curious does anyone know what the percentage of THC Mr. Rosenfelds "gov" medicine has? The Indica I use is 14% THC and I can't imagine what my life would be like if i used 10 joints a day at that concentrate. A bong hit every 3 hours or so relieves my R/A pain and spasms. Can any one direct me to a site that contains the results of
the FDA's compassionate investigational new drug program on Cannabis that Mr. Rosenfeld took part in?
Thanks, MJD
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Comment #1 posted by HempWorld on November 21, 2009 at 08:40:45 PT
Go Irv!
You are a great man! And now you are also becoming very courageous! Bravo!
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