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Cannabis Medical Refugee
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Diagnosed with PTSD and Epilepsy, Sarah Stenuf finds Medical Cannabis her exit strategy to Medication Resistant Drugs.
The major class-action cannabis lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff Sessions is looking progressively better for its many plaintiffs. In addition to NFL player-turned-entrepreneur Marvin Washington, cannabis patients Alexis Bortell and Jagger Cotte, and Army combat veteran Jose Belen, the list includes the Cannabis Cultural Association (CCA), a nonprofit organization that helps marginalized and underrepresented communities engage in the legal cannabis industry.
During the oral arguments of the Sessions case in New York District Court this week, CCA and its allies were optimistic about Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s consideration. Though Hellerstein is still deliberating on Sessions’ motion to dismiss, he stated for the record that cannabis does save lives, one of the first judges ever to do so in open court.
CCA Board Secretary Sarah Stenuf knows this firsthand. The New York-based veteran, now a cannabis patient, advocate, and enthusiast, served four years in the United States Army as an Apache helicopter mechanic before being medically retired for epilepsy and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). She is currently on a mission to raise awareness about cannabis’ uses in holistic medicine, especially as it relates to veterans’ rehabilitation.
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