Wisconsin: Cancer Survivor Sparks City’s Marijuana Reform
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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.STEVENS POINT — When Ben Kollock first felt a swollen lymph node in his neck in the winter of 2014, he thought he had a routine cold that would pass after a few days of suffering through a runny nose and stuffy head.
But after a visit to the doctor to check it out, Kollock in February learned it was a symptom of something much worse: the then-26-year-old had leukemia, a cancer that attacks the body’s bone marrow and lymphatic system. Doctors detected the disease early, before it had a chance to spread across his body.
Not only did the early detection likely save his life, but it also set him on a course of local activism that resulted in a change of city policy regarding marijuana possession.
The chemotherapy used to fight the disease left Kollock feeling nauseous and anxious. It was culture shock for Kollock, an active person...
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