Medical Marijuana: Lynn Rubenstein Nicholson's Story

This is the first in a series of ads being released in Minnesota, which features patients urging Governor Pawlenty not to veto the medical marijuana bill (S.F. 345/H.F. 655). This first ad features medical marijuana patient Lynn Rubenstein Nicholson of Minneapolis, who suffers intractable pain after enduring 10 surgeries following a horrendous back injury.

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[mydnytmover]

I Broke my back in 5 place's 26 yrs ago, I'm tired of being a criminal also,and Im tired of hating stupid polititions

[TonyBeazley]

she's over weight because of her back problem she can't exercise so there fore you gain weight.....duh

[rubylyron]

I have started a facebook app. for PEOPLE LIVING IN CHRONIC PAIN. If you live with pain please check it out. we can exchange info. and just help keep each other strong.

[rubylyron]

thanks for all the support. It's sad so much energy was wasted on my weight. until the drs got ahold of me i was 110pds. steroids are the worst. even though I was in pain for 35 yrs I took tour groups up Mt. Sinai,raised 2 amazing kids(drug free birth) I have always stayed active until my body stopped. Marijuana helps the pain without killing me at the same time.don't we have the right to the best medicine possible ? What the problem?

[teasnax]

you mean cannabis...?

FREE EDDY LEPP, CHARLES LYNCH and MARC EMERY [and from extradition]; and SUPPORT JACK HERER and RICK SIMPSON!!!!

[FUCKTHENAU]

recommending exercise for someone in a wheelchair? ooh, real sound advice...what's next? maybe she should get on a stairmaster? lol, you, lol

[themrintellectual]

I wasn't questioning her suffering, I was questioning whether or not there were unhealthy lifestyles leading her to this place. I am very familiar with medicine, and know that quite often the cause of back problems and injuries is obesity due to unhealthy living. But now those questions have been cleared up and that is not an issue in this case.

I wish some of the information that has since come out was present in the commercial, all of my objections are cleared.

[themrintellectual]

Well if you sacrificed your life protecting my rights, thank you for that. You did an incredible thing, and I highly respect you for that.

I wish some of the information that has since come out was present in the commercial. Once I saw this story, I immediately questioned the lifestyle that led her to this painful place. Once it was cleared up that this injury was not due to an unhealthy lifestyle, all of my objections were cleared. Thank you for extrapolating.

[stevethul1]

Therm..tual: You're a real A-hole with no idea what it's like to live in pain having to medicine that would knock you out, you've no idea what it's like too be rolled out of bed because pain that keep you there, you've no idea what it's like to watch people have physical fun in their lives while us in pain can only watch. You are a "Sad" excuse for a human being. Don't come back at me for these comments because I too live in this type of pain gotten while protecting your rights as an American.

[stevethul1]

You sound like you have 0% brain power when it comes to people and medical problems. Have you ever had to sit in a Wheelchair for any length of time? Have you ever had pain that will not go away because of injuries sustained at an earlier time in your life? Do you know what it is like having to take drugs to relieve pain in order for you to function on a daily basis. Maybe one day you will have the opportunity too suffer the same as us that have the Chronic Pain issue in our lives. WAKE-UP FOOL!

[rhysie21]

She was probably crawling through a ceiling / roof and accidentally stood on the plaster rather then the support beams. She would have fallen because the actual ceiling does not support any weight.