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"People with multiple sclerosis and other diseases that cause severe muscle spasms, spasticity and tremors have used cannabis for a very long time, and have consistently reported that it relieves their symptoms. In what is perhaps the earliest medical report on the use of cannabis to treat muscle spasms, Dr. William O’Shaughnessy, a British physician working in India, reported in 1842 that cannabis extracts effectively controlled the spasticity he observed in cases of tetanus..."

"Dozens of medical marijuana dispensaries in California have been ordered to close from Saturday, as a federal crackdown looms. Distributors and their landlords were told in late September to shut down in 45 days or face prosecution..."

"...He’s serious about it. This is not the usual “wink of the eye” position the public has grown accustomed to hearing from politicians on the issue. The Obama administration has announced that the federal government will utilize a full complement of its powers to prosecute and shut down state-sanctioned cultivation and distribution centers. The president’s “hands-off” approach has swiftly vaporized...."

"...Using marijuana, he said, was the only way he could control his intense anger and anxiety as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder. The drug was a crutch, but a necessary one, he said, and it enabled him to go to college, earn his degree and land a decent job...."