MEDICAL MARIJUANA NEEDED FOR PATIENTS LIVING IN PAIN

I am writing this in the hopes that I can get some folks to
understand more about a bill that was passed by the N.H. House this
past spring by a margin of 221-96. House Bill 442 would allow
seriously ill patients access to medical cannabis.

I am in favor of this bill for several reasons. The right of a
patient to unfettered and unrestricted access to the prescriptive
advice from their physician is an "unalienable" right. My wife has
endured 17 years of treatments for breast cancer and currently is
undergoing a therapy that causes her to be constantly nauseous. Her
doctor would prescribe cannabis for her as a viable and well-known
cure for the side effects of chemotherapy if allowed. The quality of
life for people in pain or with serious illness is a freedom that
cannot be measured and should be the basis for considering this bill.
It can mean the difference between life and death or a life to a
patient that cannot withstand the regimens of treatments for terminal
or serious ailments. For others, it can mean relief from pain caused
by permanent disabilities. For all of us, it means that our trust in
our physician's advice is not regulated by the state or federal governments.

HB 442 medical marijuana is the strictest bill brought forth in any
of the states that have passed similar legislation and would pass any
reasonable person's legitimate test.

Please send a message to your N.H. senator asking them to vote on
this bill by signing my petition at Change.org and search for NH HB 442.

Donald Wright

Tuftonboro