Who do I contact? Somebody shoot me down.

[beachguy in thongs]

I want to know what to do now. I can't take this battle between my cerebral hemispheres. As a T.B.I. survivor, my left-cerebral hemisphere was greatly affected and is slower, now. As an accident victim, my right-cerebral hemisphere is telling me my left-side hurts.

My third day, without herb, an ophthalmologist could tell the different speeds of the sides of my brain, and, how they weren't working together. The third day is, also, when I give up on my left-side and use a cane for the pain.

I have gone through all forms of legal medicine, as I was involved in a lawsuit. The Doctors couldn't tell my lawyers anything. No medicine worked. All the tests were negative. Minimal nerve damage, if that. Minimal pain and suffering awarded for the lawsuit. The M.D./O.D. who was treating me for the lawsuit knows that cannabis healed when no others did. My primary care physician knows the same, as well. Over five years of daily pain.

It significantly speeds up the injured areas in the part of my brain where the damage was mostly done. It heals the pain that the other part feels, all the way up the left-side of my body.

I want to know how I get it Federally approved, because I am not going to be able to sustain life, outside of Virginia.

I have written my representative to Congress, and, she has written me three times. Although, she wasn't in support of it two years ago, should I contact her to find out the steps that I need to take to get Federally approved? Because I'm going all out, here. There's no reason for me not to.

[killerweed420]

The last I read the federal program was shut down and only the original participants injoy the federal program. But more and more states are passing legislation for MMJ use. Just be aware of what they other states require in the way of doctor proof and quantity of weed allowed.Check with NORML.

[r0k]

You have a medical condition which only marijuana can heal. Because of the Controlled Substance Act, you cannot get marijuana unless it is legal in your state. Your best bet would be to move, or to sue the federal government (get a REALLY good lawyer). However, you have a slim shot due to precedent.. Raich v. Ashcroft. Supreme court turned it down, as did the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Good luck.

[angry nomad]

No possibility of moving to Cali or Canada? That sucks bro.

[beachguy in thongs]

Thanks, everyone. I tried moving last November, but, it was too hard on me financially. I made it four months and never got a chance to see a doctor whom I was advised to see. It's not like I traveled to the neighboring state, no. I flip my world upside down and move half way across the country on my credit card, pay for rent on my credit card, and, even took out 12-25% cash advances just to get a small bag of herb. I'm slowly ruining my life, and, I like it better this way because I'm the only one that I can blame. If I wanted to, I could be jovial and love-spreading, but, because I can't look past what has happened to me, I let myself down.

My niece's birthday party is tomorrow night and I'm afraid to go. I have to deal with the fight of my life, all day, and, then go over to my brother's for my 11-year-old niece's birthday and cake/ice cream. I can't slap a sign on my head saying that I'm now an invalid, please excuse me.

And I made a mistake of getting a girlfriend who needs my help in her life. Who am I to think that I can help someone?

r0k, I'll have to look into your answer. I did contact a lawyer, who said that he was no longer involved, but, I was given two more to contact; never received feedback from either (both were in California).

I have never discussed my case with a lawyer. I can't afford one, so the only possible way is if someone takes my case for "human interest and concern" only. I feel that God played a joke on me. Or, maybe the joke's on the world. Either way, I feel it.

"There's nothing more I can do for you."
"Other than that, there's nothing more I can do for you."
"Well, hang in there."
"Why would you want to leave Virginia?"

The first three statements were from doctors. The fourth was from Michael Krawitz, of N.O.R.M.L.

[angry nomad]

Thanks, everyone. I tried moving last November, but, it was too hard on me financially. I made it four months and never got a chance to see a doctor whom I was advised to see. It's not like I traveled to the neighboring state, no. I flip my world upside down and move half way across the country on my credit card, pay for rent on my credit card, and, even took out 12-25% cash advances just to get a small bag of herb. I'm slowly ruining my life, and, I like it better this way because I'm the only one that I can blame. If I wanted to, I could be jovial and love-spreading, but, because I can't look past what has happened to me, I let myself down.

My niece's birthday party is tomorrow night and I'm afraid to go. I have to deal with the fight of my life, all day, and, then go over to my brother's for my 11-year-old niece's birthday and cake/ice cream. I can't slap a sign on my head saying that I'm now an invalid, please excuse me.

And I made a mistake of getting a girlfriend who needs my help in her life. Who am I to think that I can help someone?

r0k, I'll have to look into your answer. I did contact a lawyer, who said that he was no longer involved, but, I was given two more to contact; never received feedback from either (both were in California).

I have never discussed my case with a lawyer. I can't afford one, so the only possible way is if someone takes my case for "human interest and concern" only. I feel that God played a joke on me. Or, maybe the joke's on the world. Either way, I feel it.

"There's nothing more I can do for you."
"Other than that, there's nothing more I can do for you."
"Well, hang in there."
"Why would you want to leave Virginia?"

The first three statements were from doctors. The fourth was from Michael Krawitz, of N.O.R.M.L.

That really sucks man.

Maybe you can just move out to the country and grow your own?

I highly doubt people that don't buy or sell, and just grow and smoke at home get busted very often.

I also had a disappointing experience with NORML. After a run-in with the cops in Maine when I got charged with a crime not listed under "Maine marijuana laws" on their website, I sent them an e-mail requesting they add the law to the list.

I got back a form letter telling me to look on their website for the laws in Maine.

I realized they hadn't read it, and I called them on the phone. The guy I talked to was very defensive and a little rude. I thanked him for the hard work they had been doing, and politely asked them to list the law on their site. They still haven't. Oh well.

Anyway, I hope you can get shitloads of weed without having to worry about it. Good luck. Sending positive thoughts your way, my friend.

[beachguy in thongs]

I never would've thought that I would end up like this. I hope for the same thing, also, Nomad. I want to be able to heal myself without worrying about running dry. With that worry, I fight through everyday with the pain that I can handle. Sometimes, I'll endure a day with bliss, but, five out of seven days, it's frustration.

I still have to change my address with all these places because I recently moved. The work never stops.

[r0k]

Beachguy, I'm going to tell you what I would do in your position.. First off, find a lawyer who you could afford, or a firm that'll do it for free. Then I'd take on the federal government in court. If you want to do anything of the sort, make sure to get a ton of media coverage, as it will only help. If the precedent has already been set, don't worry, there is always jury nullification. A jury has the power to change the law.

Good luck, keep us posted.

[BathingApes]

Do you have enough money to move to Amsterdam? If its damaging you this much you should definitely consider it.

[beachguy in thongs]

I was born in Amsterdam, BathingApes. Too bad it was Amsterdam, New York.

r0k, if I could find someone who'll take my case on for free, I'd offer my life to them.

This is my whole life. Waking up in pain, seeing how everything affects every part of it, feeling "lopsided" because my brain moves at different speeds, smoking one hit of marijuana to cure everything, and, then waiting for the pain to settle back in.

I wake up to go to the bathroom but I'm afraid to take the first step out of bed. If I knew that there I had something to cure me, I'd get out of bed, feet first. Instead, because I never built up a career, I'm teetering on the edge of flat-broke.

[beachguy in thongs]

I found a lawyer who advertised "Free advice", over the internet, and wrote him. The only problem is that he's in Toronto. I'm not sure how much good that'll do.

[beachguy in thongs]

I wrote a better e-mail to a law office in California, with "THE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE OF A CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER WHO KNOWS YOUR RIGHTS".

[Old Stoner]

Damn, sorry to hear about your troubles, BGIT. Sending some good Vibes/Karma your way, my friend.

These damned bas_ards that are running/ruining our country should be tarred and feathered or worse. We NEED legalization - PERIOD - NOW! Not just for medicinal purposes, but for recreational use as well. How many of you know anyone who has smoked pot and jumped in their care, only to crash head on into another person (sounds more like alcohol to me)????

I am sick and tired of having to be what some consider to be a criminal. I am a normal working stiff, who votes, pays taxes, and raised six kids without the governments help. I do not need anyone telling me what to do with my body. Makes me so damned mad... I'll climb down off my soapbox now.

I feel for you BGIT, and anyone else in the same situation.

God bless you guys!

[beachguy in thongs]

Thanks, OldStoner!

Those important people, who could really make a difference in my life, can only worry about what they are trained to do. They spent their lives making something of themselves and they're not going to go "outside the box"; making decisions they know will, I guess, this is where my brain loses coherency.

I was thinking of making a thread titled, "A Tale of Two Brains", but, I'm sick of self-diagnoses.

[TheDefiler]

BGIT, you're one strong person! I don't know if i could live with the kind of pain you describe. I probably would have ended it by now. Not saying by any means that that's what u should do though cause that would be horrible! The only thing u can do is stick it out and hope u have enough of your medicine to help u. U could always try to fight but it seems like it would be very expensive unless u could get someone to help u for free.

[Old Stoner]

Beachguy, I forgot to ask, and pardon my stupidity, but what is T.B.I.?

[beachguy in thongs]

Thank you, The Defiler.

OldStoner, it's traumatic brain injury.

[beachguy in thongs]

If a lawyer did help me out, the whole world is going to know about him, or, her.

Or, them.

[Old Stoner]

I got you, BGIT. I should have figured that one out by your post.

And your right, if you could get a lawyer that'd help, I'd plaster his name all over!

Good luck, and God bless!

[beachguy in thongs]

BGIT, you're one strong person! I don't know if i could live with the kind of pain you describe. I probably would have ended it by now. Not saying by any means that that's what u should do though cause that would be horrible! The only thing u can do is stick it out and hope u have enough of your medicine to help u. U could always try to fight but it seems like it would be very expensive unless u could get someone to help u for free.

I thought a lot about what you said.

A couple things help. I played sports with injuries, but, I couldn't get over the hiccups, one game, and, pulled myself out. There's also the hope that I will get some herb. Without cannabis, I don't know where I'd be. Some people say it, and, I truly mean it: Cannabis gives me hope for tomorrow.

[Weedhound]

I see low options here.

1. Move to where mj is legal
2. Do the legal fight
3. Both
4. Continue to do what you are doing illegally

Of the options I see I would most likely do the fourth one myself and aim for the first. I have a feeling that's what you are pretty much doing now anyway.

I dont really hold out any hope for the legal fight myself. I read very recently of a case where a grandmother was ruled against in regards to her using MJ for her cancer. In my mind if they don't care about her.....they won't care about you.

I think you're absolutely best bet is to move somewhere legal.

I'll send good vibes your way Beachguy and wish you the best of luck with your fight.

Take care

[beachguy in thongs]

I think you're absolutely best bet is to move somewhere legal.


Ghana?

Thank you, Weedhound. I'll remember the "good vibes". It's just hard doing it, illegally, when I've run out of things to sell.

[Weedhound]

We HAVE to get you growing.....

[beachguy in thongs]

I stopped growing sometime in my teens. I don't think I'll ever reach six feet.

I have seeds up the ying-yang. I've thought about walking around and planting them, everywhere. Maybe, they'll catch. Probably not, though.

I'm also scared of the police, because I already have one possession charge.

[Weedhound]

Cops.......:wtf:

Even if you walked around planting them everywhere I have a funny feeling that wouldn't stay there and finish without getting nabbed by others.

Beachguy....have you tried the cannabis capsules recipe that Flame on did? Cut the amount of ganja you use by HUGE amounts...EASY to cook......TEENY AMOUNT of pot....have to buy less....GREAT high.....

[Weedhound]

http://boards.cannabis.com/recipes/140616-cannabis-capsules-step-step-guide.html

Don't know how you normally like your ganja but this recipe will stretch things a LOOOONG way... ;) (not to mention easier to dispose of....no smell of passing pipe, easy to take with you etc......)

[beachguy in thongs]

When I smoke it, I cough out a lot of cigarette phlegm. I, also, take a full-hit and I need three to get moving.

I've tried "pain relief cream with glucosamide" in it, I'll try cannabis capsules.

Thanks, again, Weedhound. I thought about growing, privately, but, the only place I'd be able to do it is going to be re-done by my apartment complex.

My one friend showed me a way of putting seeds in a cup, with a paper towel, and, said that they should sprout before you can take it and grow it as a plant. Do you know what this method is?

[beachguy in thongs]

Where do I order the capsules? I need herb!

Anybody have any nice-smelling, green capsules?

[beachguy in thongs]

I have been spending 94.8% of my monthly income on healing myself. It sounds like a lot, but, I don't make much.

Business managers are trying to help with that, currently. Trying to reduce it to 75.8%.

This would be a great world, if there were cannabis plants on every block. Just think of the CO2 reduction in the atmosphere. Global warming is just God's temper because people are killing his children.

[Weedhound]

That's why I think this method will work well for you......it will cut the amount of herb you use by a HUGE amount. I certainly wouldn't be without my herb either and to be honest if I couldn't grow I could NEVER afford what my hubby and I go through.

If you don't have the capsules don't stress...I ended up putting the stuff on a plate and letting it harden...then taking a knife and just cutting it into pieces. If you are using butter I'm sure it would work just as well (i used coconute oil) even if it cools a little softer and you can put the stuff on a cracker or something. :)

Hope this works for you....works wonderfully for us. I can't thank Flame enough for this great and easy recipe. :thumbsup:

I've never done the method where you crack the seed and then plant it. I always plant them and let them do all that work. ;)

[Weedhound]

Forgot....health food stores sell the empty capsules and I actually buy mine off Amazon.com.....size 00. :thumbsup:

[beachguy in thongs]

The only problem is, Weedhound, is that movement frustrates me because there is pain when I apply pressure and pain when I release pressure, then pain when it rests. All three are different. Right now, my head is so torn up. It's hard to keep my concentration on serious thoughts. I need to think straight.

I have to pick up my girlfriend for work.

I am glad I found this community, for sure.

[Weedhound]

I honestly know VERY little about mmj but have heard from many that nerve pain seems to be what mj works best for. Also that DIFFERENT strains help in different ways. I've also heard the more indica your weed is.....the better pain control. That's pretty much the extent of my mmj knowledge. :(

[Markass]

You must not fear the cops. That's the thing that I've learned in living in a non-medical marijuana state. My state doesn't even have in the books that you can raise a medical defense, so I'm pretty much shit out of luck...The law doesn't say it helps me, so it doesn't help me regardless of if it does or not as far as they're concerned..If what you're doing to help you improve your quality of life is such a crime that the police need to put you in jail and lock you away, then so be it, that's the way you've got to think about it.

Friend, growing marijuana is the best way to get high quality marijuana for a miniscule cost, minus initial investment on equipment. Genetics are rather important...This website is full of information about growing, you're at the right place to get educated about it. I highly recommend growing it.

For pain you're going to want something indica dominant, those are higher in cbd which has a more drastic effect on the body, and causes you to be more tired and slow rather than 'high' as with sativa. You'll want something nice and indica for pain relief..

[Weedhound]

Go Mark!!!! :thumbsup:

[Zcomp]

The "lessor of two evils" defense is federally recognized, But you should take a lesson from the oppressed in china, They also spent much time moving from one oppressive province to another less oppressive province. You need MMJ, where you live you may be prosecuted.
If you move to another area, you'll relieve your pain and your anxiety of being caught. This is unfortunately what happens when gov. steps into personal matters.

[ninfan77]

Maybe take in a renter (not sure your living situation), someone who'd be willing to grow for you...

[qdavid]

Man, nobody knows what's best for you but you. But you gotta find some way to grow, whether it be moving or stealth. It's not only good for your health but a wonderful hobby. Just remember, when you do, tell no one. Here's a pretty cool strain list. There's other lists around too.
http://boards.cannabis.com/strains-seeds/102691-specific-med-strains-specific-uses-nice-list.html

[beachguy in thongs]

I have tried sativa- versus indica-dominant. The nerves are not what cause the pain. The pain is the overwhelming factor as to my use of cannabis. Before the pain, in the seven-and-a-half years after the coma, I found that cannabis made me presentable to the world. I talked in complete sentences and never had to pause to remember what I was talking about. It was much like A.D.D./A.D.H.D. I never thought of the tinnitus, which worsens until seven days of "no cannabis-smoking". My brain seemed to even out and people thought that I was just like I was before the accident. Except for when I went back to school and couldn't afford much of it. My house-mates said that the difference between me, now and then, was like night and day.

I don't smoke for the psychoactive high. I've experimented with hard-drugs, before and after, and, noticed remarkable differences. The brain trauma made me permanently high and sativa brought me down to Earth.

A big problem is that half of my brain is slow(er), why would I want to bog myself down with indica?

I hear that indica does help with pain, but, it isn't muscle, bone, or, nerve pain.

It's just hell. Get me out of here.

Thanks for sticking with this thread, everyone.

[beachguy in thongs]

Ah-ha!

Multiple strains for all my pains!

[beachguy in thongs]

Putting my mattress, my couch, and clothes, into a U-Haul, and, moving a thousand miles north, to Wisconsin, to live with a girl that I've never seen before is as close to suicide as I'm getting.

See how slow I am?

[beachguy in thongs]

Girlfriend says it's a "no-grow".

We don't have room or the money (especially for the lighting).

[Weedhound]

Well it makes your job harder...finding the right strain for you. I remember some discussions about nerve pain vs glaucoma and how one strain worked GREAT for the person with glaucoma while another worked TERRIFIC for someones back pain but didn't do shit for the guy with glaucoma. So its a matter of finding out WHICH one fits you.

[Weedhound]

Until I started growing myself I honestly had NO idea of just HOW MUCH difference there is between strains. Just from the growing experience I've learned TONS about the fact that there really ARE different strains for different stuff....and they really do work that way.

[qdavid]

Your mission, should you accept it, is to educate your girlfriend on the many many, benefits, in so many, many ways of mj. Get her to peruse some of the links Granny made that are in the Marijuana and Health section as a sticky. Find a copy and have her read "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer (I can send you a copy to an IM or something). Be subtle but make sure she understands that "the truth is out there". Above all, keep your humor, man. Laughter is the best medicine.

[beachguy in thongs]

The really green stuff helps me the best. I figured that it's the sativa.

It's just like the fact that I have to seek the devil to be able to sleep, tonight.

I am going to be the nation's first ghost-grower. I'm going to have invisible pot growing on my walls.

[qdavid]

Girlfriend says it's a "no-grow".

We don't have room or the money (especially for the lighting).

I guess I kinda read that wrong. She's not anti-mj as much as just anti-grow. But that don't tell anyone thing should work (I hope) and I keep hearing how cops aren't interested in small growers but want to bring down money making grow-ops. I hope that's true. Good stealth can fool people standing right next to a grow cab. Oh, and right now Amazon has a 150W security lamp on sale for $50 w/ free shipping. That would do a whole grow and produce fine nugs. You'd probably have to take that baby apart but it ain't hard and there's directions on that around too.

[beachguy in thongs]

She says, "If we owned our own house, then we could grow it."

If there were ever a rock and a hard place, to be stuck between, I'm cemented in.

[beachguy in thongs]

I guess I kinda read that wrong. She's not anti-mj as much as just anti-grow. But that don't tell anyone thing should work (I hope) and I keep hearing how cops aren't interested in small growers but want to bring down money making grow-ops. I hope that's true. Good stealth can fool people standing right next to a grow cab. Oh, and right now Amazon has a 150W security lamp on sale for $50 w/ free shipping. That would do a whole grow and produce fine nugs. You'd probably have to take that baby apart but it ain't hard and there's directions on that around too.
Thanks for the information, gdavid.

It still seems like light-years away.

[beachguy in thongs]

I am willing to be put under someone's wing.

Markass, I still am not sure which route I will take.

I will let God show me the way (in other words, I'll listen to my heart and wait for signs).

[Zcomp]

I too worry about renting. To ease my worries, I convinced the landlord into signing me into a lease(1yr). With that simple document, she must give me plenty of notice before entering my premises or sending someone to my residence(worker,inspector). I then followed a simple rule while building my room, Be sure I can dispose/disassemble of all this within 60 mins. It sounds like a race but its not really once you think about it.

[beachguy in thongs]

I have a year-lease. I have a one-bedroom. I think, having a grow room is out of the question, now. Thanks, Zcomp. It's now a matter of someone else letting my girlfriend let me grow.

[qdavid]

Even if you don't grow soon, start reading in the grow rooms. There's a lot to learn. Learning becomes an obsession and never ends and is always tweaking to get it a little better and cheaper. What you can grow far exceeds the best you can get on the street except for ridiculously priced shit.

[beachguy in thongs]

I hope so. I'll read into the grow rooms because when I get hit by the next car, I'm suing for a house.

[beachguy in thongs]

listen to my heart and wait for signs.

I went outside and above the Magnolia Tree, I saw Venus in the same position as the moon was, yesterday in the late afternoon hours.

Since, the federal government has flags all over the moon, I'll move to Venus.

[GrassMaster]

Sorry to read of your hell BGIT!!!! I can relate on many levels being disabled myself. As far as the growing goes, think of this: The money spent on lights/etc. would be less than what you spend on bud now. Plus you can grow what you need for your medicating purposses as opposed to having to buy what's available. You do not need a ton of space to do small personal grows, actually very little room is needed. I may be able to help you get started as I have tons of expereince with micro grows. The initial investment can be as little as you want as you can add on later.
I hope things get better for ya fast BGIT, I hate to see this.:hippy::rasta:

[Old Stoner]

Beachguy is exactly the reason that I wish I was a millionaire. Damn a bunch of pain and suffering to HELL! If i were to be fortunate enough to be rich, and have the money to actually physically help someone, BGIT would be the kind of person I would help FIRST. Someone who cannot help their situation and actually NEED the help, as oppossed to just lazy deadbeats wanting a handout.

Beachguy, damn, I wish there was something I could do. All I can offer are words of encouragement and to try and joke to maybe illicit a grin from you, when more is needed.

You know, Elton John said Jesus wanted to go to Venus as well, and leave Levon far behind. Remember that song? LOL... Even with your pain, you STILL have a sense of humor! God bless you my friend.

Oh, and when a car hits you again, get more than a house - get a car, and a boat, and a damned SleepNumber bed, while you are at it! (THAT was a CLASSIS response - I don't think you're brain-slow at all, LOL) Back to the Sleep Number for a sec - I hated to spend that much money on my budgeted income on the thing, but my back pain is over 50 percent better sleeping on that thing, and now that I've restarted my lungs for toking again, I'd say my back pain has been reduced 75 percent (when I am on the weed AND get a decent nights sleep!

My wife says I can't grow on my three acres or inside the house BECAUSE we own the house. Women. LOL...but what would we do without them, LOL? So I also have to find a place to grow. I am currently sneaking into all my neighbors houses while they are asleep and looking for somewhere to hide a grow room. No luck yet, he, he, he...

Stay strong, Beachguy! God bless you.

[beachguy in thongs]

Thank you, Old Stoner! You know, I saw Elton John in concert.

If I were rich, you would've been smoking (again) long ago!!!

[Old Stoner]

I saw Elton John too! In Atlanta at the Fox Theatre.

LOL, thanks for the weed karma, my friend. It is so nice to be able to toke up again - it's actuallu an honor. I love this shit - I am a recreational fool, LOL...

[beachguy in thongs]

Okay, here's the update. I deal with the first two hours of the morning by stopping to apply a stress-technique, which I learned when I was younger. I remember seeing my brother doing it while laying on the bed, watching TV.

I don't know how this evolved into my life, but, it used to be done when I was extremely happy. Now I use it out of frustration. I clasp my hands and keep my fingers straight out. Then, as I'm gripping the webs in my hands, I shake my fingers as fast as I can (wiggle), tightening up my grip, then the muscles in my hands, my arms, shoulders, back, even tightening my face.

This takes a little hurt off of my leg, but, of course, after I'm done with that, I can feel pain on my left arm. But, this is nothing compared to my leg.

This helps me retain sanity. No word about any free advice, yet.

[silkyblue]

I call my mommy

:thumbsup:

[beachguy in thongs]

I finally convinced her. It's taken me years to gain acceptance from my parents, and, still my dad goes into his heart palpations trying to understand something that he wasn't even in the state, of Virginia, when it was occuring.

[silkyblue]

Im clueless to how my reply for stress got put here but since Im here lets see






sorry about you delema I grew up in DC, kewl place!

dont have quick answers

keep searching never give up

ty

[beachguy in thongs]

Im clueless to how my reply for stress got put here but since Im here lets see






sorry about you delema I grew up in DC, kewl place!

dont have quick answers

keep searching never give up

ty

Lol. Thanks for trying!

[r0k]

Beachguy, I haven't really followed up on this thread much, but it seems to me you haven't found yourself a lawyer yet? There are many lawyers out there that will take your case for pro bono, which is what I believe you referred to as "for human interest and concern". I may have sounded a bit negative when I said it before, but I didn't mean for it to come out that way.. Suing the federal government is the _ONLY_ (legal; besides moving to another state) way to get what YOU need to survive, If you have a good enough lawyer, (may be difficult to find working pro bono) you _DO_ stand a chance. The US has the best lawyers, and they will manipulate the system to suit their needs.

I know a good bit about legal issues, so feel free to ask me anything you like. (If you want it to be private and not on the boards, rep me with your email :thumbsup:)

Edit: Sorry if anything doesn't make sense, I'm high.

[beachguy in thongs]

I really, really should talk to a lawyer. There's one on the next block.

[r0k]

So go talk to him! It's a fairly good case, your life is at stake. Unless the jury is composed of 12 completely unsympathetic evil assholes, and if your lawyer does his job good enough, you will win. If you need help building a case, again, feel free to contact me.

[beachguy in thongs]

I need to get it all together. Thanks, r0k.

[wickerbill]

I hope you do well. I'm sorry you have to fight to get relief. Iv'e enjoy reading your posts in the past. Maybe you should contact NORML, I think at the least they could advise you.

[beachguy in thongs]

I've written, but, I never asked for anything, except Michael Krawitz forwarded a letter of mine to L.E.A.P. He wrote me five times.

I just told them my story.


At 02:47 PM 5/30/2006, Chris Bagdon wrote:
>Hello,
>I'm taking advantage of this opportunity to freely leave comments at
>your site.
>
>I'm a Chris, a T.B.I. survivor with permanent pain from a subsequent
>accident (to go along with the permanent pain/symptoms of the Brain Trauma).
>
>My last Doctor, who is a member of the V.N.A., supports the fact
>that even epileptic medication, on top of muscle relaxers, can not
>cure my pain from the second car-crash (left extremities, left rib,
>plus exacerbation of the Head-Injury). In fact, I complained of
>pain throughout the "intoxicated" drug experiments. I am 5'9" and,
>before starting the medicine, weighed an ideal 167 lbs. After
>taking Neurontin for a month, other drugs were tried, and I
>(eventually) lost 25 lbs.
>
>Nothing has worked and I read our Constitution, knowing that I,
>still, do have an option left. That option, not only, temporarily
>changes the pain on my left side, but, also, cures (daily) most of
>the symptoms of Brain Trauma (something the Rx medication didn't do)
>and gives me feeling in my entire right-side, which was my strong
>side and the most affected hemisphere, when I was broadsided, was my left.
>
>I have double-vision, which is easily cured by this method. I have
>abstained from all means that can help me, and I know, exactly, the
>difference between my normal body and my injured-self. The
>tinnitus, in my left ear, is another issue that Doctors have left untouched.
>
>If anyone ever knew what it was like to have two different sides, of
>their body, feeling the exact-opposite, they would go absolutely
>nuts. Imagine if it happened to their small child. Do you think
>they would want their kids to grow up feeling the way I do?
>
>I am thirty-one years of age, was nineteen at the time of the T.B.I.
>and twenty-seven when a Chevy Venture Van slammed an inch away from
>my face, leaving an imprint of my body in the door. He was trying
>to get from one parking lot to another, as I was coming down a
>divided highway, at 45 M.P.H. The first accident, I was on the job,
>delivering to the employer of the second accident, when three
>nineteen year-old's slammed into the right side of my Toyota Tercel,
>at 9:30 on a Saturday Night, travelling over 45 M.P.H. Whether, or
>not, they worked for the Navy, also, remains unclear.
>
>The main point, that I am trying to get across, is how beautiful
>Virginia Beach is and I'm pulling for NORML @ Virginia Tech to keep
>me here. I'm praying that my Mother & Father, who followed me back
>down to Virginia, from New York, after the T.B.I., don't have to
>never seen their Son again, who they almost lost, because I could
>never afford to travel back to see them. They are in their
>sixties. My Brother is nine years older than me and is a well-known
>businessman in Hampton Roads, so they are near him, also. But, he
>doesn't support me, besides paying me well for odd-jobs.
>
>I wish this beautiful State the best. I, almost, cry when I think
>that I could lose it.
>
>Sincerely,
>Chris Bagdon

[beachguy in thongs]

Huh. I left for Wisconsin, last November. But, I'm back.

[beachguy in thongs]

I grabbed my records from the first accident, and will take that with me to the lawyer.


His head CT revealed several areas of punctate contusions through both cerebral hemispheres with particular demonstration of the small punctate hemorrhage in the region posterior to the internal capsule on the left side.

He was admitted to the ICU and he demonstrated mild right sided hemiparesis consistent with his left hemispheric contusion. He developed fever and was diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia, was treated successfully. He was weaned from the ventilator without difficulty. He improved, was able to converse appropriately and follow commands. He was transferred to Hilltop Manor of Niskayuna, Inc. on 11/7/94 for comprehensive rehabilitation.

I don't fully grasp that, and have never tried to figure it in to why cannabis helps me.

[beachguy in thongs]

I walked and spoke to a receptionist. She said that this lawyer is a personal injury and criminal lawyer. I need a civil lawyer. Then, she gave me the number to whom he usually refers his civil cases to.

The next receptionist said that (my case) really isn't his area of specialty. She suggested that I go to lawyers.com.

So, I went to cannabis.com.

I decided my new goal is to write music for the Virginia Beach Symphony Orchestra to play.

[beachguy in thongs]

The fifth post contained a mis-quote. Micheal Krawitz said, "Why would you want to lose Virginia?", not leave.

[beachguy in thongs]

Well, another month in the hole has forced me to cut off our phone, cable, and, possibly, the internet.

I've written Montel Williams.

Wish me luck!

[geoluv]

yeh unfortunatly our wonderful governmnet removed the loophole that allowed people to get federal medical exemptions back in the 80's when we were getting tough on drugs. as part of whatever totaly unconstitutional, bullshit bill they signed to kill it they grandfathered in the 12 or 17 (cant remember) people nation wide that had aquired federal permits to smoke cannabis so they wouldnt sue them AGAIN.

im not clear on it but the former loophole was known as "medical nessecity" try googling it. there is a documentary they show on showtime called "in pot we trust" where they interview some of the patients and discuss the medi situation in america.

if you cant move then just keep it in your house. it would take a total asshole cop to bust you for using cannabis for a legitimate medical use (wich i asume is visably evident if you need a cane and have brain damage). just be very courtius and explain it.

also, im going to let you in on a little secret that practicly nobody knows; you dont need to live in a "medical marijuana" state to get a perscription, just a state with a medical clause written into its laws and a really cool doctor. see, in some states the laws that criminalizes drugs or cannabis sppecificly say " ...without the recomendation of a doctor" right at the end. sometimes its a blanked clause that defines the possesion of all drugs, sometimes its the cannabis law specificly. i know new jerseys laws are like that, and so are new yorks. thats why select doctors in new york city have been perscribing cannabis for seriously ill or elderly patients for over a decade and new york state has no medical marijuana program. obviously it is much harder to aquire than in a full blown medical state, but if you have a legitimate, serious illnes and you do some searching for a compasionate doctor you might be able to get a perscription in your state.

[beachguy in thongs]

also, im going to let you in on a little secret that practicly nobody knows; you dont need to live in a "medical marijuana" state to get a perscription, just a state with a medical clause written into its laws and a really cool doctor. see, in some states the laws that criminalizes drugs or cannabis sppecificly say " ...without the recomendation of a doctor" right at the end. sometimes its a blanked clause that defines the possesion of all drugs, sometimes its the cannabis law specificly. i know new jerseys laws are like that, and so are new yorks. thats why select doctors in new york city have been perscribing cannabis for seriously ill or elderly patients for over a decade and new york state has no medical marijuana program. obviously it is much harder to aquire than in a full blown medical state, but if you have a legitimate, serious illnes and you do some searching for a compasionate doctor you might be able to get a perscription in your state.

Excellent work! Thank you.

[beachguy in thongs]

Hello, my name is Christopher Bagdon. I've contacted VA-N.O.R.M.L. several times, and, have exchanged e-mails with Michael Krawitz, who forwarded a letter of mine to L.E.A.P. I suffer pain on my "good" side, which I received after a Traumatic Brain Injury. I have contacted a number of people, and, now I need to know if there is anything, in the Virginia lawbooks, which makes it possible for me to gain a prescription. I have moved out-of-state, but, because of my disabilities, could not support myself. If it is possible for you to help me out, I'll be able to find a way out of this daily frustration. I am coming to the end of my rope. I keep getting further and further away from having a goal in life. I am thirty-two years old, was nineteen when the T.B.I. occured (came out of the coma, paralyzed on my strong-side), and, was twenty-seven when permanent pain was introduced to my left-side (which, incidentally, carried my strong-side for the previous eight years). I have even written Montel Williams. I need help finding a way to get a prescription. My primary-care physician knows that cannabis helps me, and, the O.D., M.D., who tried to heal the pain, knows that cannabis is the only thing that works, but, I have have to, "Keep it on the down-low, other than that, there's nothing more he can do for me," which is the same thing that a Neurologist said. Please contact me, as I am currently waiting for direction from anyone. Thank you.

On a different note:

Previously, in this thread, I had said that business managers were trying to cut my MEDICAL EXPENSES, but, things worked out to where I've surpassed that.

I'm still broke. I'm still waiting for an award to be granted, from when I had to go to court to prove that my double-vision is from the accident which put me into a coma. The award is that an ophthalmologist must keep me under his care, until it is fixed (which will be never).

I may have to sue the Federal Student Aid program because they've been giving me problems for several years.

[beachguy in thongs]

Well, they gave me a pair of $500 glasses and sent me home. This thread was nearly useless. I am, now, doing what I asked if I should do at the beginning of this thread, which is, writing my representative. This will be my fifth letter to her, and, I will be asking her if i have to sue the federal government or if they can send me an application for pot.

Words can't express this: ////*/**-//

[8182KSKUSH]

Good luck.

[beachguy in thongs]

My girlfriend quit her job. She doesn't have the capacity to gain a new one, as easily as an ordinary individual. My primary care physician and my ophthalmologist will be given an ultimatum.

Cannabis sativa for my eyes, or, the Uninsured Employer's Fund of Virginia shells out hundreds of thousand's of dollars, for surgery, to re-align my eyeballs. The glasses that were given to me have made no difference. They are expensive glasses with thin frames, that's it.

Medicare/Medicaid must chop off half of my body. They need to get rid of this frustration I feel, everyday. They paid for the year's worth of drugs that didn't have a positive effect. I'm erasing the rest of this.

For those who are still concerned, I'm going straight to the doctors.

[silkyblue]

Hey beachguy in thongs,



all they gave you were $500.00 worth of glasses! thats pitiful !stingy govs !

ya gotta embrace the glasses, do they care if ya have food, warmth, a roof?

Im no stranger to fallin on hard times, sorry for your plight ((


in the future when your rich these will b the good ol days

keep buggin the crap out of em

sqeak gets the grease


Im not sure if lawyers are a good thing

law counsel does makes folks listen

dey knows how to scribble it better on paper



I have a lawyer but I do all the work ~


good luck

enjoy the new specs ~~

[beachguy in thongs]

Hey beachguy in thongs,



all they gave you were $500.00 worth of glasses! thats pitiful !stingy govs !

ya gotta embrace the glasses, do they care if ya have food, warmth, a roof?

Im no stranger to fallin on hard times, sorry for your plight ((


in the future when your rich these will b the good ol days

keep buggin the crap out of em

sqeak gets the grease


Im not sure if lawyers are a good thing

law counsel does makes folks listen

dey knows how to scribble it better on paper



I have a lawyer but I do all the work ~


good luck

enjoy the new specs ~~

They may be worth more than $500.00. I'm not in the optometric business. I shouldn't be giving appraisals. The Uninsured Employer's Fund did pay for all the "extras" that my ophthalmologist was pushing for, with thin, refraction lenses.

I've written my representative, telling her that the Uninsured Employer's Fund of Virginia will be the next place to lose hundreds of thousand's of dollars over me.


in the future when your rich these will b the good ol days

Napoleon Hill wrote that desire and faith will materialize the spiritual world you've created through thought. That's what I'm counting on.

[beachguy in thongs]

Well, I'm not sure where I left off, in my updates, but, one of two cannabis doctors wrote me back. He said that he forwarded my letter to Patients Out Of Time, and explained, to me, how it is based in Virginia. He checked my MySpace page, and said it was really good. There's little on it (the photo album having the most content), however, because my blog disappears as soon as you open up the page.

An ophthamologist (I may have mentioned) said, on November 30, 2007, thirteen years after the accident causing double-vision, that my eyes were not working together. I told him, that day, that I had not smoked cannabis for three days.

I went back, for a 1:20 p.m. appointment, a couple weeks ago, and, beforehand, I told him that I woke up at 7 a.m., took my first hit at 9:00, my second at 11:59, and, my third at 12:29. After the tests, he said that my eyes were working together. This test was done thirteen, and a half, years after the double-vision inducing accident.

I proved that it was Cannabis. He said, "It looks like the glasses are working."

Whatever, but, I've sent out some more e-mails, asking for direction. My second to Patients Out Of Time and my fifth to my local representative. I, also, e-mailed the cannabis doctor, from California, who had sent me to Patients Out Of Time, out of Virginia. I told him that I have a Facebook page, and, he wrote me back, saying that he liked my MySpace page, but, he never signed up for Facebook.

A while ago, I had sent him a copy of the letter that I wrote to Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (L.E.A.P.). That was after his first reply, when he told me to feel free to share more of my story. That is an extensive letter. Well, the other day, I sent him a copy of the letter I had sent to Patients Out Of Time and Thelma Drake (my local legislator).

Thanks for being here for me, for three years and five days, Cannabis.com.


Hey beachguy in thongs,



all they gave you were $500.00 worth of glasses! thats pitiful !stingy govs !

ya gotta embrace the glasses, do they care if ya have food, warmth, a roof?




good luck

enjoy the new specs ~~

Thanks, silkyblue!

[psychocat]

OOps wrong thread. :D

[painretreat]

RE: lawyers. Did you try any national civil liberty lawyers, like Gloria Allred (Alred) in California, Los Angeles!

Don't know if you would be a case in yourself, but a class action suit??

Just a thot!

You are back on line--so, I expect you got some $ somehow! Glad at least that is looking up for you!

I have alot of problems from an accident and just bad luck! But, I refuse to be a victim and go around suing: I can only blame myself for being in the wrong place at the wrong time! You have to let all that anger go so you can think! And work to get yourself better!

You are definitely not alone. In fact, you are fortunate you can have a good day once in a while! Them good days get fewer and farer in between!

pr:rastasmoke:

[beachguy in thongs]

I have written some lawyers, including every single one within 250 miles N.O.R.M.L. has listed on it's website. I only have money to stay online because my Father gives me everything that he can. My girl has been out of a job for months, and now she's pregnant.

I can't see why anyone would want me to live my life, the way I do without cannabis. It's like breaking a racehorses' hindlegs and then putting him to sleep for not winning a race. Well, you shouldn't have broken the horse's legs in the first place. You could've of, at least, helped him out by giving him a motorized wheelchair to race with.

And people say that it's important for us to live our lives the way God intended. Cannabis allows me to be the person I was, before I smoked Pot.

[silkyblue]

beachguyinthongs,


good to see ya still 'kickin it

someday everything will have answers

can your Optician help you? Doctors signing papers gets alot done

my Mom is blind'

shes been on Disability '

a wong time'



have hope
theres a method to the madness

anger does not pay the bills


I love pot

[painretreat]

An excellent civil liberty lawyer will travel to you, in most case's. like the one I mentioned. I actually met her well almost 30 years ago. She has a lot of experience. I have seen her case's all over the U.S. I get east and west coast channels. She defends people there and gets there to do it! I'd guess, her fee, if taken would be regulated by the state of some percentage of earnings. If she doesn't take your case, you don't have a very good case.

You are very fortunate that you can do anything that gets you back to the state of health you were in before. Not all of us can do that.

You suffered a lot and have. At some point, you need to just get over what happened and just deal with it and let the anger go. Get on with your life. You need to do it, if for no other reason, jr in mommies belly! And mommy! Most people have little to do with those with medical problems, count your blessings. Be grateful to your family and friends.

Nothing is going to change what happened to you, it was an unfortunate and sad accident. I went and got myself some serious mental help to get over the anger from mine. I did it within months. Work one day and not able to the next. It is a traumatic change--adjust. You will be better for it. and for money--there are free clinics all over the place, look. pr :hippy:

[beachguy in thongs]

I have medicare & medicaid, so I can go to my primary-care physician for free. I can go to whatever doctor he refers me to, for free. I get all the medications, they prescribe, for free.

I could pay $30 to see a psychologist, whom I was referred to in order for the state to pay for my schooling. He knows me well, and would help me straighten out my thoughts.

I would rather deteriorate in front of everyone's eyes. I swear, one week ago, I saw a man laugh, almost shockingly, as he came around the corner of a supermarket, as I stood there straight up. He may have seen me around the area walking with an old lady, and a cane. I smoked pot because the lady had given me $20 to bring her to the store.

Then, the sixty year-old lady gave me $50 to get her a bag.

edit: I made a mistake. All the medicine was free because I was going through a lawsuit.

[beachguy in thongs]

I am in severe pain, three days a week. I was referred to Patients Out Of Time, by Dr. Frank Lucido, out of California, and that organization is based out of Virginia.

They wanted me to get a note, from my ophthalmologist, saying that he'd prescribe me cannabis, if it were legal. Seeing that I proved, by taking tests thirteen, and, thirteen and one-half years later, that cannabis corrects my double-vision, I thought that it would be no problem.

The first time that I called, I talked to his wife (because the receptionist was ill), and couldn't talk to him, but, she said that she didn't think that he would do it. So, I get a call back from his receptionist, and, she said two things.

"If it were up to me, I'd say, 'Grow it!'"
and
"Dr. Moayery is totally against pot."

My first child is due in a month. If I'm not in severe pain, I'm recovering from the severe pain. What am I supposed to tell my child? I will be in utterly severe pain, when I can't even spend the little extra alms, given to me by concerned senior citizens.

My advice to anyone who wakes up out of a coma, stay in it. Later on in life, you may be smashed by a Navy guy (a thousand miles from his home in Georgia), live in pain for the rest of your life, confuse your head with millions of thoughts per second (most of them to defeat the samurai warrior (slashing at your thigh), the technology student (clamping down your foot in an industrial clamp), the fence-posts that you step on (with your left-foot), the occasional reminder not to breath too deeply, constantly hanging your non-throwing arm (like you've just tried to throw a 85-MPH hard slider, after not throwing for months), and, being disturbed by every touch on your left-side (because, then, the whole side hurts)), and then the rest.

I can't even get my story out. I've contacted so many people. I've made doctors appointments, particularly to inform them that cannabis does what they can't, and, written so many people, so many times.

The day after I had written a local representative, for a Virginia decriminalization-bill, I wrote him, again. This time, I ended with "Someone important will see what Cannabis could mean to them, if something as horrible, as what happened to me, happens to them." The next day, Obama's half-brother was arrested. Now, that's not as horrible, but, it may have possibly hit home, with Obama, through his father.

My daughter's name will be Saige Marie. I'm already looking forward to showing her how to do research, using PubMed ( PubMed Home (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez) ). :pimp: