Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis slowly takes your brain function away as well as your bladder function. It isn't a "nice" thing to have to experience seeing your loved one go through this as well of course the pain the person must endure. I would hope that my son, who just had a stint put in his heart in order to get therapy, would be able to try Marijuana to see if it would help him out through all this. He lives in Florida and with a Republican run government I don't know how good his chances are there.
If any of you remember there was a man who was sent to prison because he also had MS and tried to get drugs to help him get through is pain. Governor Crist did help this man get out of prison, so I am hoping there will be some movement to allow this to be given a chance in Florida someday soon!
Here is his story:
Paey given full pardon; Crist orders him freed today
Published September 20, 2007
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/09/20/Pasco/Paey_given_full_pardo.shtmlTALLAHASSEE -- Richard Paey is a chronic pain patient in year three of a 25-year mandatory-minimum sentence for trafficking in drugs -- his own pain medication.
But his freedom is just hours away.
Gov. Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet voted unanimously to grant Paey a full pardon Thursday morning for his 2004 conviction on drug trafficking and possession charges.
"We aim to right a wrong and exercise compassion and to do it with grace," the governor said. "Congratulations ... and I state he should be released today."
With that, Paey's wife Linda, their three children, a family friend and attorney John Flannery II hugged and cried at the podium, the entire cabinet meeting room erupting into applause at 9:40 a.m.
It was a stunning turn in the long saga of Paey, a 48-year-old Hudson man who suffers debilitating pain from a 1985 car wreck, botched back surgery and multiple sclerosis that has left him needing the use of a wheelchair in prison.
He was first arrested in 1997 and convicted on the third try in 2004 of possessing, trafficking and illegally obtaining the medication he needs for the searing, fiery pain in his back and legs.
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