Nick, 46, started suffering from arthritis due to working in carpentry nearly his whole life. The arthritis had gotten so bad in his hands that some days he couldn’t even make a fist. He started using cannabis and has experienced fewer arthritic flare-ups, has been able to continue his career, and most importantly, he is able to hold his grandchildren without experiencing constant pain.

Carrie, 29, has struggled with managing her anxiety for many years. The medications she was prescribed caused her to become lethargic, leaving her little energy to tend to everyday responsibilities. She began using cannabis in the spring of 2019, in coordination with her prescribing doctors, and since then she has reduced her daily medications and has regained her quality of life.

Katherine, 68, has suffered from chronic back pain stemming from a car accident over 20 years ago. Since then, she has managed her daytime pain with the medications prescribed by her doctor but has struggled with getting good sleep ever since the accident. “I used to toss and turn all night long, maybe getting two-to-three hours of continuous sleep each night.” Exhausted and looking for a solution, Katherine turned to cannabis in 2018. She started medicating with one gummy containing both THC and CBD before bedtime, and has reportedly been able to fall asleep and stay asleep for the entire night, leaving her much more energized for the day. “I’m getting better sleep now than I ever remember getting before the accident.”

Amanda, 9, has suffered from a rare form of epilepsy since infancy that caused her to have 300+ seizures on average per week. Her parents tried every avenue they could think of to afford her any sort of quality of life, from prescription medications, to home remedies they found online. The medications seemed to have little-to-no effect on the frequency or severity of the seizures–some medications even made the symptoms worse.  Desperate and out of options for providing their daughter with relief, they turned to medical cannabis. Amanda is now given doses of high THC cannabis oil throughout the day, which has reduced her average number of seizures to less than five per week. She can now participate in almost all of the childhood activities she missed out on early in her life.