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  • Glaucoma Patient Calls For Legalizing Marijuana

    10/15/2002 6:41:47 AM PDT · by MrLeRoy · 267 replies · 421+ views
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | Oct. 14, 2002 | Jesse Garza
    ELVY MUSIKKA, 63, says she's one of only seven people in the nation to receive legally prescribed medicinal marijuana from the federal government. She earned that distinction after being arrested for growing pot at her Hollywood, Fla., home in the late 1980s. She decided to cultivate and use the controlled substance, she said, to alleviate the effects of severe glaucoma. Since winning a 1988 court battle, she has traveled the country calling for marijuana's legalization for medical use. In Wisconsin recently for the Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival in Madison, Musikka talked with Journal Sentinel reporter Jesse Garza about her...