  Medical marijuana  A local user proclaims its affects  October
12, 2010 By CHRISTOPHER DIEM Journal Staff Writer  MARQUETTE -
Sue Smart has had cancer and currently has fibromyalgia,
degenerative disc and joint disease, traumatic glaucoma and
heart problems.  Since May 2009 Smart, 55, has been using
medical marijuana to ease her daily aches and pains. She said it
has made her life considerably easier.  "I used to be on a lot
of different medications," she said. "I was able to get off
those medications. I was taking about eight or nine pills a day
of different things."  Article Photos  Marijuana plants that are
being cultivated for use as medicine are seen in this file
photo. (Journal file photos)  Aside from heart medication, Smart
is now mostly pharmaceutical free. Not only is she a patient,
she's a registered caregiver with the Michigan Medical Marihuana
Program, meaning she can grow marijuana for state registered
patients.  She said there are a lot of misconceptions about
marijuana.  "I want people to be