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It has been more than eight years since a train pulling into a station in Nottinghill, England, crushed Blundell and left him wheelchair-bound in an accident. He had titanium screws and brackets drilled into his spinal column. For the first year after the accident, Blundell relied on painkillers such as morphine, codeine and Demerol. It was an area resident who eventually suggested he try a marijuana cigarette to help ease the pain. It helped. A lot, he said. Blundell said he doesn’t hurt all the time, but when he does he described the pain as “screaming,” “excruciating,” and “blinding.” In the past, he has used marijuana when the pain comes, in the evenings to help relax and fall asleep. “It has allowed him to be functional,” said Sarah Perkins, Blundell’s business partner. Blundell, in arguing for marijuana’s safety, contends that using it has not compromised his ability to help develop a business offering innovative technologies. That venture, Sustainable Living Systems Inc., is a green-construction and assembly firm that designs homes that completely heat and cool themselves without outside energy use, according to the company’s Web site. Perkins is president and founder; Blundell is listed on the Web site as a co-inventor and technology consultant. Blundell said the Cliff Village ordinance was borne out of a desire to generate support for the bill introduced in the Missouri House earlier this year. That bill, if passed, would put the issues before voters as a referendum in November 2010. “Really, I just want to see a vote,” he said of the state referendum. The ordinance The Cliff Village ordinance allows those with physician approval to grow a total of seven plants — four immature, three mature — and to possess up to three ounces at any given time. The measure passed by a 3-2 margin on Feb. 1. Besides the mayor, the three supporters among the village’s board of trustees included Blundell’s father. The two dissenting votes came from the couple Doug Grooms and Kerstin Landwer. Landwer on Thursday said they were declining to comment on the issue. A random survey of residents in the village found no vocal opposition among village residents. “I’m OK with it,” said Josh Estes, who lives just a few doors down from Blundell. “It doesn’t bother me.” Village resident Troy Mondt said it “blows my mind” that the village voted to legalize marijuana, even if only for medical reasons. He added that he is in favor of it. 
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