“I was sleeping 16 hours a day,” she said. “I was always tired. I didn’t have an appetite. Then I slept eight hours a day (after using cannabis oil.) I had so much energy. I had a life again.”

Stuelpnagel would like to continue using cannabis in Wyoming, which is why she helped form Wyoming Cannabis Activists. The organization would like to get an initiative on the 2016 ballot to legalize the drug for medical use. Proponents also want industrial hemp products to be legal.

Their numbers were small in Casper, but demonstrator Kristine Nelson, who supports marijuana legalization for all purposes, said support is wide.

“They’re scared to lose their jobs,” Nelson said of supporters. “They’re scared what others will think. There’s more people than you see on the sidewalk.”

The group was in Conwell Park, across the street from the Wyoming Medical Center, which they said was perfect for their message of support for cannabis for medicinal purposes. They plan to demonstrate in the afternoon every other Saturday through October.