[HappyKitty]

This is another epileptic story found on the internet. I think many epileptics will see themselves in this article, and I hope it will encourage more people to speak up about this frightening and very misunderstood condition.
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This is my story for medical cannabis...don't get it twisted though. I'm not telling this story to be like "Oh, poor me." No! I'm telling this story, because smoking weed is an effective medicine, and it's much safer than big pharma's pharmaceuticals. The only reason weed is illegal is because it's hard for the government and big corporations to get rich off something that grows naturally, something put here by the creator. Well, that should tell them something, Don't exploit creation you greedy bastards! Nature is free, so let it be! Now to my story...

I have epilepsy, and I use cannabis for relief. If you don't believe in Medicinal Cannabis, you should start doing some research! I'm still using the prescription medications Phenytek(Dilantin) for Grand Mal(Tonic Clonic) seizures, and Keppra for Simple Partial Seizures. I also use cannabis for relief from Migraine Headaches, Anxiety(panic attacks - in the past), and even asthma. (Yes, something smoked can be useful for asthma, just look it up!) I would love to get off the prescription medications, but for now that is just not possible for me. I can't rely only on Cannabis because of ridiculous laws and ridiculous prices. I quit using cannabis for a couple of years having no knowledge of any of the medicinal effects it had for seizures and other things. When I stopped using cannabis, I found that I had seizures a lot more often - particularly the partial seizures. This also led to panic attacks. (I had panic attacks out of a fear of having more seizures.) For the panic attacks I was given two more prescriptions, Xanax and Zoloft. I took them both for only a short period of time because I developed a dependence on the Xanax and some other side effects that can be caused by both of them, such as weight gain. (I went from weighing 150 to 190 back in 2004.) If I had to go without the Xanax I suffered from terrible withdrawl symptoms and ran a risk of seizures as anyone would have. I was warned by both my doctor and pharmacist that missing doses could cause seizures, and since I already had epilepsy it would be more likely that I would have seizures. This led to more anxiety. Eventually, I started using cannabis again and found that the frequency of the seizures dropped incredibly, which is also when I began looking into the medicinal effects of Cannabis. I had heard that cannabis had medicinal benefits for stuff like Aids, Cancer and Glaucoma patients, but since I had none of these problems I never really looked into it. I just used recreationally since I was a teenager.

Now, I have two types of seizures:

#1. Grand Mals, this is by far the worst - and causes convulsions, unconsciousness, extremely bad migraines and sometimes a temporary loss of memory.
#2. Simple Partial Seizures, now these aren't quite as bad but can lead to Grand Mal seizures. The simple partial seizures are kind of hard to explain. They make me lose track of what I am doing. It gives kind of a short jerk of the body (which most people wouldn't even notice), but I completely forget what I am doing and where I am when this happens. I usually only forget for a few seconds to a minute. I just get really confused, and paranoid when it happens. Partials also causes terrible migraines and panic attacks as well.

I also use cannabis for relief from the migraines and panic attacks. I have an occasional migraine without the presence of any kind of seizures. Since I have been using cannabis I have also noticed I no longer have panic attacks. (I started using again in 2004, and I have only had maybe 5 panic attacks since that time.) Unfortunately, due to misinformed people and ignorance, medicinal cannabis is still illegal in the State of Missouri, where I currently live. So my mission is to help educate the people about this wonderful, medicinal plant that was put here by our creator, the creator of the world, in hopes of getting rid of these unjust laws.

JAH(God) gave us free will to make our own decisions and I believe we should be able to do that just as our creator intended. My life is my life and no one should have the ability to tell me how to live it or what I can & can't do with it, unless I choose to let them. We all have a right to educate ourselves and make our own informed decisions. Instead we get unjust laws and a pharmaceutical industry with terrible and sometimes even more debilitating side effects than your initial ailment. These same pharmaceuticals (Oxycotin to name one)are being passed out like candy. Oxycontin is the same, basically the same as ******. So let's call it legal ******. Would you take ****** if you found out you had Cancer or were just in pain? No, probably not, so why not make Cannabis legal and use it instead? Cannabis has been around and in use for over 10,000 years. It was used for EVERYTHING, Food, Fiber, Medicine, Oils, etc. up until the 1930's. You need to ask yourself Why that is, and do some research.

Educate don't hate. Cannabis is not a drug, drugs are made chemically and by man not God.
Since when does man have the power to outlaw God given nature?
Since when does man have the power or right to take away our God given FREEDOM?
God gave us free will to choose what is right, no man should EVER be able to take that away from us.
LIVE FREE, CAUSE YOU WERE BORN FREE!

ONE LOVE!!