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Posted: 10/4/2015 8:16:49 AM EDT
The 71-year-old longtime television reporter and anchor has dealt with chronic pain for years, the result of numerous surgeries: He’s had two knee replacements, two rotator cuff surgeries, four back surgeries and, in separate accidents, fractured the tops of both femurs. "That was brutal,” Lobel told the Herald, referencing the femur breaks. The constant pain left him taking a variety of opioids. "My issue was strictly pain,” he said. "I didn’t want to take any more OxyContin or oxycodone or Percocet, for a variety of reasons. The biggest thing I was worried about was addiction. But they also made me tired and it was hard to function and I couldn’t go on TV all drugged up.” Lobel said pure curiosity led him to check out a medical marijuana event several months ago at the Castle at Park Plaza in Boston. It was there he met Dr. Uma Dhanabalan of the Uplifting Health and Wellness clinic in Natick. Dhanabalan recommends patients for medicinal marijuana certificates in Massachusetts and has been a strong advocate for using cannabis as a way to treat those who might otherwise find themselves hooked on opioids. "She told me medical marijuana could be used for pain reduction and I said, ‘Hey, sign me up,’?” Lobel said, adding that he had been trying to manage his pain with over-the-counter meds after committing to no longer taking opioids. "I wanted to at least try it. I wasn’t interested in getting high, that’s not the goal, believe me. It was really about helping with the pain, and it did.”  |
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Posted: 10/4/2015 8:20:12 AM EDT
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But But But, Lazy Stoners...The Devils Weed...Blood in the Streets...THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!
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Posted: 10/4/2015 8:22:57 AM EDT
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But But But, Lazy Stoners...The Devils Weed...Blood in the Streets...THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!! Wait until the " it's Saturday night, what are you toking'' threads start, GD will have a aneurysm. |
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Posted: 10/4/2015 8:24:15 AM EDT
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Studies have shown that it kills cancer cells also.
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Posted: 10/4/2015 8:30:27 AM EDT
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crack saved me from heroin addiction
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Posted: 10/4/2015 8:34:01 AM EDT
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But But But, Lazy Stoners...The Devils Weed...Blood in the Streets...THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!! You forgot the pot needles |
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