POT PERSPECTIVES

I'm a 38-year-old college grad who has had asthma all his life. I
would like to tell you a story about how I found out about marijuana
and its effects on my asthma. I am confused about if I can get a card
or not, so I plead my case to the public in order to educate you on
how some people are asthmatic and use marijuana to relieve the pain in
the lungs from over-expansion, in order to cough up phlegm.

It is also known as an expectorant and helps to break up the phlegm,
which is causing oxygen loss. I don't know if this works for everyone
but it sure does for me. When I was a kid I would use four Primatine
mist bottles a month in order to breath. I had all the newest and best
medicines, and Primatine mist was all that would work for me. That is,
until my good friend and sister told me about marijuana and its use
for asthma. I was having an asthma attack in New York, N.Y., and might
have died due to loss of oxygen. My friends had a joint lit as I
entered the room with asthma and sat on the couch. I didn't notice at
first that they were smoking, but then I smelt the joint and my asthma
was getting some relief.

Matthew Knudsen, Crested Butte