A Las Vegas man with a license to possess small amounts of marijuana is in trouble with police for growing and smoking pot. John Emerick is a licensed medical marijuana caregiver, who has been charged by police for growing 12 marijuana plants in his back yard. Police say his licence with the New Mexico Department of Heath only allows him to transport marijuana to give it patients, not smoke it or grow it. According to a criminal complaint, police responding to a burglary in the area noticed the plants growing from a back alley in Emerick’s backyard. Investigators contacted Emerick who showed him his medical marijuana care giver card but police seized the plants and some pipes. Las Vegas Police Narcotics Sgt. Mack Allingham said he didn’t believe all the pot was being used legally. “{Emerick} can care-give up to four patients according to his medical card that he produced to us,” said Allingham. “but he can not grow, and he told me that he does ingest marijuana that day on scene. That he smokes it.” Emerick’s cancer patient Robert Jones says all the plants at Emerick’s house were his and called the medical marijuana laws confusing. Emerick said all of the plants at his house were supposed to be male plants with much lower levels of THC and meant for pollinating Jones pot crop that he cultivated separately. Jones says many state officials aren’t aware of how hard it is to keep an adequate supply.

www.alzheimersplaybook.com – When my wife, Barbara, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, I didn’t know much about the disease or the impact it would have on our lives. What I did know was that Alzheimer’s was not going to destroy our love for life. Our family came together and decided to focus on what we did have instead of what we didn’t have. We chose to celebrate our “todays” and our memories, and to make each day the best, with no regrets. Like so many families who are touched my Alzheimer’s, we experienced our share of heartbreaks. We also experienced happy times, and those we will remember forever. The information in this book is organized a lot like a coach’s playbook. That’s because I approached Alzheimer’s disease much like I would an opponent on the filed, with a solid game plan and a dedicated team. I had many questions and spent a lot of time looking for answers before I could put together my game plan. This is what I learned. In the middle and late stages of Alzheimer’s, it is important to keep your loved one in “her world” to help maintain her dignity. You need to know that when she is in “our world”, she is lost, frightened and insecure and irrational behavior is the result. Doing things that are familiar, and being familiar places, will make her feel safe. Feeling safe is the key to keeping her in a “happy place” as much as possible. This “Playbook for Alzheimer’s Caregivers” is a social model, not a medical model (doing things with her, not for her …
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