Jacki Rickert | |
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 Jacki Rickert at her home | |
| Born | May 13, 1951 |
| Died | December 26, 2017 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1989–2011 |
| Known for | Medical marijuana patients’ rights |
Jacki Rickert (May 13, 1951 – December 26, 2017) was founder and executive director of the medical marijuana patients advocacy group Is My Medicine Legal Yet? (IMMLY). Rickert lived with connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and a neurological disorder that causes chronic pain called Advanced Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Rickert was one of twenty-eight patients who were approved in 1990 to begin getting marijuana from the federal Compassionate Investigational New Drug Program before President George Bush ended the program, in 1991, but never got their medicine. Rickert travelled in her wheelchair 210 miles (340 km) from her home in Mondovi, Wisconsin, to the State Capitol in Madison on September 11–18, 1997, to raise awareness of her plight.[1][2]
- ^ Rupnow, Chuck (August 9, 1997). "Painful journey: Woman aims to gain support for marijuana as medicine". Eau Claire Leader-Telegram.
- ^ Rupnow, Chuck (September 11, 1997). "Woman seeking to use marijuana gets support for Madison trip". Eau Claire Leader-Telegram.