Access to Medicinal Marijuana a Struggle for Woman with Chronic Pain

"I hate the thought that somebody else could be suffering and not have to." Karen Klassen has been emerging of late from her condo unit, socializing with her neighbours over coffee and when they ask what’s brought her out more, she’s been reluctant to answer. For at least 25 years, Klassen has endured chronic pain and she believes medicinal marijuana is what has been helping her. It began with fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis, but Klassen later…