The winds are changing, and George McMahon can feel it in his bones. His ashen face takes on a pained expression as he peers out the window of his Lake Palestine home, watching the tops of the tall pines bend to the bluster of an approaching rainstorm. It's not as though he needs confirmation this February morning. His body is a barometer of pain, a crippled marker of a lifetime of missteps by a medical establishment that was trying to figure out what the hell...
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Stephen P. Karlisch
George McMahon is one of eight medical marijuana patients who get their pot straight from the federal government. He is also an honorary member of the Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative, the California marijuana pharmacy that is being sued by the federal government for distributing pot to its card-carrying patients. (The co-op misspelled McMahon's name.)