Dr. Margaret A. Sun

But Dr. Margaret A. Sun, president of the Rhode Island Academy of Family Physicians, reacted more optimistically."I think it's fantastic," she said."I'm looking forward to finding out what they're going to do and how they're going to use some of this money to help us."

Sun said she was pleased that providers and consumers finally had a chance to voice their frustrations with United in a public forum.

said Dr. Margaret A. Sun, president of the Rhode Island Academy of Family Physicians, who testified in favor of the law before the General Assembly."I'll give them a letter that it's OK for them to use medically, and then they're going to some alleyway and buy it on the street."

Before the law is put to use, the Health Department must write regulations.Sun hopes the regulations will provide some safeguards.Sun also is concerned about not knowing the strength or purity of the marijuana that patients may obtain.But she calls the law "a step in the right direction" for those who don't have an alternative.
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Sun, the family physician, said that her sister, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, smokes marijuana to relieve the muscle rigidity that sometimes makes her fall."She'll take a puff or two of pot, wait 15 minutes, and get her muscles able to move more easily," Sun said.

"She's on a lot of medications, including muscle relaxers," Sun said."They're very sedating.They work well, and eventually you become tolerant so you don't fall asleep.Then they don't work as well. . . . She finds that this is something that works well, works quickly and doesn't sedate her."

Among the patients in her East Providence practice, Sun said she doesn't have anyone she believes would benefit from smoking marijuana."I'm sure there'll be people asking me for it," she added with a laugh.But doctors already face drug-seeking patients who want prescriptions for legal narcotics, she said.

Dr. Margaret Sun, president of the RI Academy of Family Physicians, said, "My job as a physician is to be one who provides comfort for patients and helps in whatever way I can.

said Dr. Margaret A. Sun, president of the Rhode Island Academy of Family Physicians, who testified in favor of the law before the General Assembly."I'll give them a letter that it's OK for them to use medically, and then they're going to some alleyway and buy it on the street."

Before the law is put to use, the Health Department must write regulations.Sun hopes the regulations will provide some safeguards.Sun also is concerned about not knowing the strength or purity of the marijuana that patients may obtain.But she calls the law "a step in the right direction" for those who don't have an alternative.
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Sun, the family physician, said that her sister, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, smokes marijuana to relieve the muscle rigidity that sometimes makes her fall."She'll take a puff or two of pot, wait 15 minutes, and get her muscles able to move more easily," Sun said.

"She's on a lot of medications, including muscle relaxers," Sun said."They're very sedating.They work well, and eventually you become tolerant so you don't fall asleep.Then they don't work as well. . . . She finds that this is something that works well, works quickly and doesn't sedate her."

Among the patients in her East Providence practice, Sun said she doesn't have anyone she believes would benefit from smoking marijuana."I'm sure there'll be people asking me for it," she added with a laugh.But doctors already face drug-seeking patients who want prescriptions for legal narcotics, she said.

said Dr. Margaret A. Sun, president of the Rhode Island Academy of Family Physicians, who testified in favor of the law before the General Assembly."I'll give them a letter that it's OK for them to use medically, and then they're going to some alleyway and buy it on the street."Before the law is put to use, the Health Department must write regulations.Sun hopes the regulations will provide some safeguards.Sun also is concerned about not knowing the strength or purity of the marijuana that patients may obtain.But she calls the law "a step in the right direction" for those who don't have an alternative.
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"She'll take a puff or two of pot, wait 15 minutes, and get her muscles able to move more easily," Sun said."She's on a lot of medications, including muscle relaxers," Sun said."They're very sedating.They work well, and eventually you become tolerant so you don't fall asleep.Then they don't work as well. . . . She finds that this is something that works well, works quickly and doesn't sedate her."Among the patients in her East Providence practice, Sun said she doesn't have anyone she believes would benefit from smoking marijuana."I'm sure there'll be people asking me for it," she added with a laugh.But doctors already face drug-seeking patients who want prescriptions for legal narcotics, she said.