Jacki Rickert (born May 13, 1951) is founder and executive director of the medical marijuana patients advocacy group Is My Medicine Legal Yet? (IMMLY). Rickert lives with connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and a neurological disorder that causes chronic pain called Advanced Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. While preparing for surgery at a hospital, Rickert tried smoking a joint to relax her muscles at a friend's suggestion when attendants were having difficulty inserting a needle into her arm. Her doctor, William E. Wright, M.D., prescribed cannabis to control her muscle spasms and pain and restore her appetite.
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13 May 1951 (age 74)
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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