420 Girl - Lisa Kirkman

[420RedHead]

Medical marijuana user Lisa Kirkman says she used to regularly consume vaporized cannabis while in Alberta hospitals but a sudden change in policy and grinding bureaucracy have now made it effectively impossible for her to access medical care.

 

[420RedHead]

Lisa Kirkman phoned the Calgary International Airport (YYC) to inquire about their policy for Health Canada medical cannabis exempted people consuming their legal medical cannabis using a vaporizer in the airport. They had no problem with allowing this to take place inside the YYC building. Then Lisa phones WestJet to inquire about their policy for Health Canada medical cannabis exempted people consuming their legal medical cannabis using a vaporizer on the airplane while in flight. Once again they too have no problem with this happening on their airplanes as long as the vaporizer unit used was battery operated.

 

[420RedHead]

For most students at SAIT Polytechnic, their education includes a backpack full of pens, paper and a laptop. For first year journalism student Lisa Kirkman, however, her backpack also includes a vaporizer and a bag full of weed, which she legally inhales during class. With a Health Canada license to smoke Medicinal Marijuana, Kirkman is challenging SAIT administration, teachers and students on a campus with no medical marijuana policy. "I'm legally allowed to smoke anywhere people can smoke (cigarettes), and I'm allowed to vaporize everywhere else, except private places when asked not to, and just recently, airplanes," says Kirkman. Lisa is no stranger to weed. "I was toking regularly by age 19 (1994), consider my use medical since 2001, and got a license in 2009," she says. She's the author of "SexPot: The Marijuana Lover's Guide to Gettin' It On" and "Happy Buds", an editor at Skunk magazine, an anti-prohibition activist, and the founder of Calgary's Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMRA) patient support group (Health Canada spells marijuana with an H). - Fast Forward Weekly

 

[420RedHead]

Support for marijuana legalization continues to grow. A 54% majority of Americans say the drug should be made legal, compared with 42% who want it to be illegal. Opinions have changed drastically since 1969, when Gallup first asked the question and just 12% favored legalization. Much of the change in opinion has occurred over the past few years, support has risen 13 points since 2010. Separately, 76% in our new survey say people convicted of minor possession should not serve time in jail.

 

[420RedHead]

Lisa Kirkman has a license to smoke pot to manage pain and uses a table-top vaporizer, plugging it in once per hour in common areas of SAIT Polytechnic and during her classes. SAIT administrators have twice sent Kirkman letters saying her behavior constitutes non-academic misconduct. - CBC News

 

[420RedHead]

Lisa Kirkman has been dealt a mixed bag of health issues, and almost all cause pain and discomfort. One of those issues is from a gastric bypass that leaves her missing much of her intestinal tract. Therefore most oral medications don't work for her. Thank heavens she lives in a country with a legal cannabis program. Her Doctors, her Pain Specialist, and Lisa have decided that the best if not only medication that works for her is vaporized cannabis. Isn't it great that she can deal with her ailments without potential addiction and in a way that is virtually harmless? Vapor is not smoke. Think asthma inhaler. - LadyBud

 

[420RedHead]

By the late 18th century, early editions of American medical journals recommend hemp seeds and roots for the treatment for a variety of conditions, including inflamed skin, incontinence and venereal disease. William O'Shaughnessy, an Irish doctor, popularized medical use of cannabis in England and America. - Lisa Kirkman pictured at the airport.

 

[420RedHead]

Not all groups support legalization. Only about four-in-ten Republicans (39%) do. While most non-Hispanic whites and blacks say marijuana should be made legal, only 43% of Hispanics share that view. Among generations, 69% of Millennials say marijuana should be legal while only 30% of those 69 and older share that view. Baby Boomers, who were the most supportive generation in the 1970s before becoming opponents during the "Just Say No" 1980s, are now more likely to favor (52%) than oppose (45%) legalization. - Lisa Kirkman pictured.