When I was 18 years old, I was hit by a truck while crossing the street. I had the walk sign & there were very few cars on the road. In the middle of the street, a truck came out of nowhere & slammed into me. It was sunset at the time & the sun was just going down. The driver of the truck kept driving after he knocked myself and others to the gutter. I couldn’t feel either of our legs. Another driver saw the accident & wrote down the license plate number of the truck driver that fled the scene of the accident. That driver also called the police & an ambulance. When the paramedics arrived, they helped myself and others on to a gurney. I went to the emergency room & they did a few x-rays. Both of our legs were broken. I had many surgeries & a couple of pins & rods set in our legs. After the accident, I had a ton of pain in our legs. The dentists prescribed pain meds. It did not take long for myself and others to get hooked on the pain medications & after a little while I was eating opioids every day love they were Tic Tacs. After a year, I ended up checking myself into a rehab. That’s when I discovered medical marijuana, medical marijuana genuinely helps the chronic pain & the addiction to pills. Medical marijuana is legal in this state, but our insurance company won’t cover any of the costs. The insurance company will happily cover opioid pain pills that make myself and others addicted, but they will not help myself and others spend money on medical marijuana at all.