Apropos of yesterday’s post about Betty’s (Little Basement) Garden, a Supreme Court judge in Brooklyn is making news because he has come out in favor of medical marijuana.
As always, Brooklyn ahead of the curve.
Judge Gustin Reichbach, 65, has admitted to smoking medical marijuana while being treated for pancreatic cancer. And he wrote about it in an op-ed in the New York Times.
He says in that article:
“Inhaled marijuana is the only medicine that gives me some relief from nausea, stimulates my appetite, and makes it easier to fall asleep. The oral synthetic substitute, Marinol, prescribed by my doctors, was useless. Rather than watch the agony of my suffering, friends have chosen, at some personal risk, to provide the substance. I find a few puffs of marijuana before dinner gives me ammunition in the battle to eat. A few more puffs at bedtime permits desperately needed sleep.”
Wow.
In the new novel by Laurel Dewey, an acclaimed mystery writer and proponent of alternative health, the protagonist slowly begins to open her mind to the idea of medical marijuana and in the process embarks on a bold path as a cannabis grower and caregiver. Dewey’s novel, out June 12 from Story Plant, raises awareness of this hot-button issue.