I completely missed this

[cannabis_flower]

Cathy Jordan, ‘patron saint’ of medical cannabis in Florida, dies at the age of 74

Cathy Jordan, who credited medical cannabis for keeping her alive for decades after she was diagnosed with ALS, died on July 4 at her home in South Florida at the age of 74.

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Originally from Delaware, Jordan was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” in 1986. Patients typically live for two to five years after symptoms develop but Jordan lived for 38 years after her diagnosis.

She said everything changed for her while visiting Florida in 1989, when a friend offered her a strain of cannabis called Myakka Gold.

“I smoked it and I felt the disease stop,” she told Dr. Andrew Weil in a scene shown in the documentary, “The Cathy Jordan Story.” She described how she smuggled that cannabis on a plane to Delaware. “I flew home that way, and my husband had a nervous breakdown because I was interstate transporting drugs, but I was convinced I was going to live.”

https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/07/05/cathy-jordan-patron-saint-of-medical-cannabis-in-florida-dies-at-the-age-of-74/

I had the privilege of meeting this courageous, awesome woman in 2000 on Journey for Justice while protesting mass incarceration at the state capitol and the governor’s mansion in Texas.