Author: Slater Center

Tina, an MS patient at the Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center in Providence, RI, who was first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis about 10 years ago, says medical cannabis provides her with relief from debilitating pain and muscle cramps and helps with physical and cognitive impairment caused by her MS. “It’s saved my life, basically,” she says. Here’s her story: By the time Tina was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis about 10 years ago, she’d lost the vision in one eye and suffered optical nerve pain that was at times debilitating. She also had trouble walking and had cognitive impairment that made…