Peter McWilliams, afflicted with AIDS related lymphoma, asphyxiates on his own vomit while taking a bath. judge (sic) George H. King, of the Federal court for the southern district of the republic of california, forbade McWilliams from using medicinal marijuana, legal in california, as a condition of his pre-sentencing release. Instead King restricted McWilliams to prescribed Marinol, a highly ineffective drug that only worked one-third of the time, and left him nauseous and in pain.
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www.nytimes.com/2000/06/26/us/peter-mcwilliams-dies-at-50-an-author-of-self-help-books.html Dies at 50; An Author of Self-Help Books – The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2000/06/26/us/peter-mcwilliams-dies-at-50-an-author-of-self-help-books.html