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From an early-morning fixture¹ on Detroit television to an advocate for legalized marijuana in Michigan, Anqunette Jamison has made quite a transition.

The former Fox 2 Detroit anchorwoman walked away from her TV job to become a volunteer for MI Legalize, one of the groups that's been fighting to put the question of legalization before Michigan voters.

She's got a very personal stake in the fight for legalization: Jamison uses marijuana to help with her multiple sclerosis.

For some time after being diagnosed, Jamison was taking "all the conventional medications" and was "incredibly sick." Each medication had a nasty side effect which, she explained, would then be treated with another medication.

"Within a year or two I went from a person who completed half-marathons to being on five or six different medications with a retail² cost of $100,000 a year, and not feeling better," she said. "It would be one thing if I felt better, but I didn't."

When Jamison tried cannabis at her husband's suggestion, she said she was "blown away. It alleviated³ so many of my symptoms."

As she learned more about the potential medical benefits of cannabis, the way the war on drugs has disproportionately targeted people of color, and the potential tax revenue legal marijuana could provide, Jamison decided⁴ she wanted to speak up.

"I felt that I could sit on the sidelines and be like everyone else and have my medical marijuana card and be quiet and not say anything about what I see as injustice⁵ and what I see as wrong," she said, "or I can take a step and just say, this is my experience, and this is my truth. For those who are willing to listen, I'm willing to speak."

In our conversation above, Jamison talks about why Michigan should legalize marijuana and the work she's doing with MI Legalize.

1 fixture   

n.固定设备；预定日期；比赛时间；定期存款

参考例句：

• Lighting fixture must be installed at once.必须立即安装照明设备。
• The cordless kettle may now be a fixture in most kitchens.无绳电热水壶现在可能是多数厨房的固定设备。

2 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 alleviated   

减轻，缓解，缓和( alleviate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It is always completely alleviated by total gastrectomy. 全胃切除永远完全缓解症状。
• Toxicity problem in manufacturing and storage might be alleviated by coating beryllium with aluminum. 但如果用铝包覆铍，则可避免加工过程中及储存期间的中毒问题。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。