‘I Smoked It And I Felt The Disease Stop’ – Florida’s ‘Patron Saint’ Of Medical Marijuana Cathy Jordan Dies 38 Years After ALS Diagnosis
Cathy Jordan, who credited medical marijuana with keeping her alive for decades after being diagnosed with ALS, passed away on July 4 at her South Florida home. She was 74.
Jordan, often referred to as the “patron saint” of medical marijuana in Florida, became a prominent advocate for the plant in the late 1990s after she was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 1986. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, the condition typically has a survival period of two to five years after onset. Remarkably, Jordan lived 38 years post-diagnosis.
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Her turning point came in 1989 during a visit to Florida when a friend introduced her to a strain of cannabis called Myakka Gold, reported the Florida Phoenix.
“I smoked it and I felt the disease stop,” she …