Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis - Why the Silence?

August 6, 2008 | Charlottesville, North Carolina | Vetting explained

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Your story on Terri Garr shows her getting better. She is in a legal medical marijuana state and 1 out of 2 MS patients say they use Cannabis (marijuana). Does she use it? In light of the recent opinion paper by the American MS Society ( finally agreeing with the British MS Society) that medical Cannabis has efficacy and may even slow the progress of the disease by it's neuroprotective properties, will CNN report on this urgent news??? News Flash: July 31, 2008 - The National (U.S.)Multiple Sclerosis Society has recognized the healing benefits of Cannabis for MS patients! http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7671 Multiple Sclerosis & Cannabis, with Jim & Cheryl Miller About this video: Husband of well-known MS patient Cheryl Miller, Jim describes caregiving during a devestating illness and how marijuana helped. The Millers and their "Commando Squad" made news in the halls of Congress. After Cheryl passed on, the Multiple Sclerosis Patient's Union was born: www.mspu.org - From 2004 Cannabis Therapeutics Conference, hosted by Patients Out of Time. http://medicalcannabis.com/

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