The Shipleys -- married 48 years -- didn’t have the budget for Johnny to stock up before Aug. 31 either. He didn’t bother even renewing his medical marijuana card. He said others are in worse pain than him and he didn’t want to be one more person holding up the line if he could bear it.

“I thought about going out and getting some anyway but I don’t want to do that because my wife still has legal access and I don’t want to do anything that’s gonna screw this program up, I’ve seen the benefits,” Shipley said.

Marijuana helped both Shipley and his wife sleep through the night, easing her pain and his PTSD.

“You see her there sleeping peacefully and I can’t tell you how much that means to me,” he said.

Without marijuana for himself, Shipley’s restless nights are back.

“When you get to be a great grandpa and you’ve got the great-grandchildren over and they’re asking why great-grandpa was screaming last night, you really don’t know what to say. And it makes you feel kind of second rate. And not having that happen and not having to worry about it really makes a difference in the way a guy feels. It helps pick a guy up,” Shipley said.

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