The push for medical marijuana is growing here in Southeast Michigan. Ranging from compassion centers to the success of this year's Hash Bash in Ann Arbor, the plight of the pot smoker is taking shape. The idea that it is used for medicinal purposes and not just recreationally also brings a side of legitimacy to the debate. It's not just the stoner down the road who wants it legalized, it's the neighbor with the anxiety problem, too.
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Police estimated 5,000 people were there, drawn by sunshine as well
as enthusiasm for Michigan's 15-month-old law legalizing marijuana for
medicinal purposes.
"How
many of you are patients? Hold up your cards!" shouted Hash Bash emcee
Adam Brook, 42, of Royal Oak.
Hundreds held aloft the state cards that show they are
patients who can legally possess up to 2.5 ounces of the weed.
Openly smoking was
Dennis Stoffer, 45, of Port Huron, in a wheelchair since a 2006
motorcycle accident.
"Time
to come out and support the cause," said his wife, Becky Stoffer, 53.
Marijuana is much
better for her husband than the side effects of the powerful pain pills
he once took, she said.
"The
only side effect (from marijuana) is him getting the munchies," she
said, referring to the drug's tendency to make users hungry.
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