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New Zealand: 'Medical marijuana's fantastic but it isn't the whole story'

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 08/18/2015 - 08:45

Self-medicating with cannabis is not going to harm you, says Jeanette Saxby. Getting arrested for having cannabis is far more damaging.

I have been using cannabis since I was 17. I was first prescribed anti-depressants after a bad spell of gloomy at 14. I am now nearly 50 and have spent several years at university to better understand marijuana use in New Zealand.

I had a bad fall from a horse in 2003 and damaged my pelvis, back and hip. I haven't had a day free from pain in over a decade.

At the time I had my accident I was working at Odyssey House in Christchurch as I am a qualified drug and alcohol counsellor with a degree in education.

I believe our current framework and treatment model for addiction is flawed due to our reliance on a medical model that prescribes one pill to substitute the previous substance of addiction.

Far too many anti-depressants...

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