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Ride with Larry

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A retired police captain with Parkinson's disease demonstrates the immediate effects of medical marijuana on his severe tremors and speech.

See the effects of cannabis first hand, unedited, on Parkinson's tremor dyskinesia, and voice. This clip is from the feature documentary "Ride with Larry" and shows retired police captain Larry trying medical marijuana for the first time. The full film is now available to stream and to own on Amazon: amazon.com/Ride-Larry-Smith/dp/B01M66UQR4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8… amazon.com/Ride-Larry-Smith/dp/B01LTHOY5E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8… For more information go to www.ridewithlarrymovie.com

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What people say. Users share this video to illustrate the dramatic potential of medical cannabis in treating severe Parkinson's disease symptoms.

sysOpOpPERANDin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Cannabis use produces persistent cognitive impairments: meta review”

honestly, i just recently found out my niece is taking seizure medicine that has a black box label, cannabis has been shown to help people who has seizures without all those risk associated with black label seizure medicine. i would prefer cannabis to be legal in her state because high cbd strains are still beneficial to a lot of people suffering. here is a video of a guy suffering from tremors due to Parkinson's disease. he is given medical cannabis and the results are highly visible. link to this video
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mattbgatesin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Are People Moving to States Where Marijuana Is Legal?”

I got moved across the United States by my company to a state that is close to Colorado. I have had several visits to Colorado, mostly for hiking trips, concerts, or events, but never directly to stop by and indulge in recreational marijuana. Not to say it certainly doesn't not happen. Every visit I do take advantage of it. It has certainly been brought up in my state multiple times. Marijuana for medical purposes is perfectly fine, but the state refuses to make recreational marijuana legal because it feels it must coincide with the views of the federal government, and feel it would be too much of a hassle to deal with government. I honestly wish they would make it legal for everyone. I can…
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jorviin Hacker News • Mentions

On “Psilocybin bests SSRI for major depression in first long-term comparison”

…n that I find it generally unsafe. Apologies for coming off too strong. I just feel that, reasonable as it is, the “let’s all just take a minute” attitude gives too much ammunition to conservative hoohas to stymie these alternate treatments for another few decades. Imagine if marijuana had been more accessible to people like this in the 80’s-10’s: link to this video link…
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