Peachtree NORML- Working for marijuana law reform in Georgia

“Vietnam vet, smoked since 1969 never broke other laws never hurt anyone can't sleep or eat without it. When upset marijuana always calms me so I can cope with my true feelings, and the thing I learned in combat that no one can explain unless you were in my mind.”

Georgia

Medical Cannabis and Fibromyalgia

“I suffer from fibromyalgia, it consists of severe muscle spasms in my whole body. IBS, IC,arthritist, acid reflux, migraines, bunions, have had several surgeries that cause a lot of scar tissue to grow on nerves that cause pain. I had 5 hernias surgery, appendix surgery, gall bladder ,3 C sections, Hysterectomy,”

Calhoun, Georgia

60 Years Old, Fed Up and Pissed Off

“My story is not a story, but facts. I have worn a prosthetic eye for 52 years which by now is very stressful, discomforting and is mostly a very depressing situation for me and always has been, if not down right irritating much of the time. When I take a”

Dallas, Georgia

Cannabis is the Only Thing That Eases Her Pain

“I am 25 and have severe back issues, my pain makes it almost impossible to clean my home without being in agonizing pain that shoots from my lower back into my right leg and hip and then I lose my footing from my weak leg and fall. Cannabis is the”

Georgia

Who’s going to feed my family if I go to prison?

“I was recently serve a warrant on November 6th 2014 by G.B.I., Appalachian drug task force and Banks county sheriff's department to search my home but first I was pulled over on my way to work they searched my vehicle and found nothing and then they made me drive back”

Banks County, Georgia

Job Prospects Ruined Over Marijuana Arrest

“Got busted in 1990, haven't been able to get good jobs since and its not near as dangerous as alcohol and ccigarettes that's legal go figure. Not only those things look at the prisons for profit that should be outlawed, and the medical uses that we haven't given a chance”

Georgia

I Suffer Daily Because the Medication I Need is Illegal

“I have battled with anxiety and depression and even attempted suicide throughout my life. This has made me a guinea pig for all sorts of medications some that have caused severe affects. I have chosen to smoke marijuana instead because it actually helps my problems but I have been arrested”

Douglasville, GA

Without Marijuana a Labotamy Was Their Son’s Only Hope

“After surviving childhood, (my father was an abusive alcoholic, my step father was verbally abusive and my mom used whomever she needed to get what she wanted), I regularly smoked Marijuana as a teenager and into my middle twenties and without it I don't know if I would've made it”

Blairsville, GA

An Overwhelming Fear of Arrest

“I suffer from not only type 1 diabetes, but also severe OCD and generalized anxiety disorder. Marijuana has improved my quality of life greatly in that it gets rid of my anxiety and helps deal with my OCD more than any other medicine I've tried. It also helps me deal”

Atlanta, GA

Arrested Over and Over for Failing Probation Drug Tests

Douglasville, GA

No Relief for Her Autistic Son

“I would love the ability to let my son try Cannabis medicine. He is 9 years old and Autistic. In reading about the effects on other Autistic children I believe it would help with his aggressive behaviors (hitting himself and others). I do not believe that there is any harm”

Acworth, GA

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Peace, Justice & Unity Rally at Liberty Plaza February 10, 2015

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The Long Road to Marijuana Legalization in Georgia

Earlier this month Representative Allen Peake doubled-down on last year’s failed attempt to bring relief to sick Georgians with the filing of House Bill 1. Also known as the Haleigh’s Hope Act, HB1 would expand the number of eligible conditions that last year’s failed effort promised, from just one condition […]

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