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December 16, 2005
William Proxmire: 1915-2005
Posted by Gary Storck
Friday, December 16, 2005
Like his late colleague Gaylord Nelson, who died earlier in 2005, William Proxmire did his best to help his constituents. In the late 1970's, I wrote both senators as well as my then-congressman, Henry Reuss, asking for assistance in getting into the Compassionate IND program.
The program still supplies 7 living Americans with medical marijuana, including 2 glaucoma patients. Irvin Rosenfeld, who testified at the recent public hearing, is one of the 7. The program was initiated when Robert Randall, a glaucoma patient, sued the federal government in 1976. I still have copies of correspondence from Proxmire, Nelson, Reuss and Robert Randall and have provided links below to three letters I received from Senator Proxmire in 1979. Ultimately, I was unable to ever locate a physician willing to deal with the red tape and have been forced to make do ever since.
September 17, 1979 letter from Senator Proxmire.
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October 4, 1979 letter from Senator Proxmire.
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November 15, 1979 letter from Senator Proxmire.
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Posted by Gary at December 16, 2005 10:32 AM
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