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Dave Ford has spent much of the last 60 years amassing evidence about marijuana and the federal government's heartless and relentless war against it. In Marijuana: Not Guilty As Charged he took apart the government's case against cannabis, piece by preposterous piece. In Good Medicine, Great Sex! he tells his own fascinating story, of how marijuana primed his creativity in a variety of enterprises, how it relieved the pain of loss and illness, how it enhanced an already exciting and rewarding life.
He also tells the stories of other cannabis users: of battered spouses finding that their mates stopped beating them when they switched from alcohol to pot, of artists finding that grass expands their creativity, of lovers finding that it enhances their pleasure and sense of intimacy, of ordinary people finding hangover-free relaxation at the end of a hard day's work.
He also tells us darker stories, of harmless people branded felons for the rest of their lives, of homes and life savings ripped away, of children torn from their parents' arms, of loving couples divorced, of careers ended or aborted before they've begun, of lives wasted, lives lost.
Good Medicine, Great Sex! is Dave's life story... but he tells it for Ralph Seely, who died in needless anguish, for Dennis Hunter, who faces a long prison sentence for the crime of compassion, for Robin Pratt, who was shot to death by a SWAT team in a raid that was based on drug-related allegations that turned out to be baseless - and he tells it for Carl Sagan, and Bing Crosby, and many other productive people, famous and ordinary, who have used pot happily all their adult lives, yet fear to admit it - and, finally, for you, and anyone else who wants to know: Why has this war gone on for so long, and how we can bring about peace?
In a sense, my story begins with someone else's.
Ralph Seely, an attorney in Olympia, Washington, was dying from bone cancer. He was allowed to take synthetic pot, Marinol, to control his vomiting, but often was too nauseated to swallow it. Even when he could, it took an hour to kick in, and then he was so high he couldn't work. By contrast, two puffs of marijuana stopped his nausea and vomiting within two minutes, and left him clear-headed.
When he asked to use marijuana legally, the judge answered, "A cancer patient's agony doesn't outweigh the government's responsibility to protect citizens against the perils of drug use." Ralph died in misery six months later.
In my 75 years I've never seen anyone hurt by using pot - but I've witnessed innumerable tragedies caused by the government's senseless war on cannabis. In Marijuana: Not Guilty As Charged I laid out the evidence for this virtually harmless herb - and then looked for another way to dramatize both the benefits of pot and the evils of prohibition. I looked at the stories I knew, and thought of my own.
I have enjoyed a long and satisfying life, and I owe much of the success and joy I've found to my use of cannabis. I've also known pain and loss, and marijuana has helped me through some very bad times. I thought, "Maybe if one cannabis user tells the simple and honest truth about his life..."
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