Freeholders praise medical marijuana advocate
A Camden County father will be honored by freeholders Thursday for advocating on his daughter’s behalf.
Ricardo Rivera has been a vocal supporter of medical marijuana and has called on political leaders to make it easier for patients to obtain legal cannabis.
His 8-year-old daughter, Tatyana “Tuffy” Rivera, was diagnosed at 10 months of age with a severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Until she started taking a regimen of cannabis-infused coconut oil more than a year ago, she suffered up to 300 seizures a day and was unable to speak or feed herself.
Freeholder Carmen Rodriguez said she wrote the official proclamation about Rivera in time for Father’s Day. In it, the document states Rivera “helps his daughter daily by being her voice.”
“I’ve been following his story for a little while now,” Rodriguez said. “I’m just very, very touched by his passion for his little girl.”
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