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WASHINGTON -- Daniel Porras’ doctor told him that of all of his patients, he was the only one who asked for fewer pain pills.
Porras damaged his ankle and Achilles tendon and suffered severe nerve damage in his left leg as a result of a motorcycle accident a decade ago. He originally took morphine because the pain was so bad. But it knocked him out to the point where he could barely function.
His objection to more pills was not that his discomfort was beginning to ease. Medical marijuana just worked better.
“If you can drop pain pills out of your life, you have a better life,” said the 61-year-old Army veteran from Sultan, Washington.
Medical marijuana “has given me a full life,” Porras said. “It’s a true medicine.”
And it’s gaining wider acceptance.
The budget bill that Congress hopes to pass this week to avoid a partial government shutdown contains...
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