Sifting through the smoke
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According to Craig Covey, mayor of Ferndale and chief operating officer at the Michigan AIDS Coalition, marijuana has been used for a long time as a way to curb the symptoms of HIV/AIDS. Before it was ever remotely legal, marijuana was used as a way to reduce nausea and improve one's appetite - to prevent wasting syndrome, which often occurs in people with AIDS. With the new law, HIV/AIDS is included on the list of qualifying conditions for a medical marijuana license.
"Most importantly, (medical marijuana) has at least helped people understand that there is an option available that was not legal before," Covey said. "Its use has been prevalent (in the past), but now the stigma around its use can be eliminated.
"(Proposal 1, passed by voters in 2008,) took it from the dark alleys and underground and into the light."
Covey feels that marijuana should be legalized for adults entirely, making marijuana less of underground drug and more of a resource. Feeling that marijuana was criminalized in the first place as a way to stifle racial minorities, Covey hopes that people will start listening to experts about what marijuana really is.
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"Most importantly, (medical marijuana) has at least helped people understand that there is an option available that was not legal before," Covey said. "Its use has been prevalent (in the past), but now the stigma around its use can be eliminated.
"(Proposal 1, passed by voters in 2008,) took it from the dark alleys and underground and into the light."
Covey feels that marijuana should be legalized for adults entirely, making marijuana less of underground drug and more of a resource. Feeling that marijuana was criminalized in the first place as a way to stifle racial minorities, Covey hopes that people will start listening to experts about what marijuana really is.
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