Orange County Senior Citizens Form Medical Marijuana Collective

• By Cali Shaye
• Marijuana Dispensaries
• 14 years ago
• 7

LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. — It’s the last place you might expect to find hundreds of people smoking pot: But seniors living at the Laguna Woods Village retirement community — also known as “Leisure World” — have formed a non-profit, patient-run medical marijuana collective. Golf is a way of life at Laguna Woods Village, also known as “Leisure World.” But now many seniors there are trying out a different type of “green.” “I’m a very law-abiding citizen, believe it or not,” said Margo Bouer, a resident. Bouer, 74, is a retired psychiatric nurse with advanced multiple sclerosis. “This last year I realized I was choking on food more often,” said Bouer. “I was prepared to make a serious decision about ending my own life.” Bouer had severe nausea and was unable to sleep. She considered suicide, until a friend suggested medical marijuana. “I inhaled … blew it out, and I thought, ‘OK, am I high?’ I had no idea,” said Bouer. Bouer now grows her own marijuana. A friend helps her roll her marijuana cigarettes. “And then I read a book and processed it myself and dried it and crunched it up and smelled it, and it smelled very good,” said Bouer. For Bouer, it only takes about two puffs a night to ease the nausea and keep her feeling well enough to continue synchronized swimming with “The Aquadettes.” “I am grateful for the opportunity to tell the world there are good people out there who need marijuana,” said Bouer. Bouer is not part of the new medical marijuana collective at Leisure …