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The Heartbreaking Plight of Colorado’s ‘Marijuana Refugees’
Last week, Georgia Republican Governor Nathan Deal, flanked by dozens of families with children suffering from rare and intractable medical conditions, stood on the steps of the state capitol and signed the state’s first medical marijuana bill into law.
“This certainly has touched my heart,” the teary-eyed governor told reporters and others assembled for the signing. “And I’m pleased today we’re going to make a difference.” Republican State Representative Allen Peake, who championed the bill and was also in attendance, turned to the families on the staircase and said, “You can come home now!”
Peake was speaking to the so-called “marijuana refugees”—families who have migrated to Colorado since that state legalized marijuana in 2012. Two of the refugees on the steps—now welcome back home—were Janea Cox and her five-year-old daughter Haleigh.
In fact, the Georgia bill, which legalizes certain low-THC cannabis strains and oils for serious medical conditions, was named the Haleigh’s Hope Act after Cox’s daughter, who suffers from a rare epileptic condition that, without treatment, racks her body with hundreds of seizures a day.
A little over a year ago, Haleigh’s medical condition had deteriorated so drastically, that her breathing stopped several times a day. In search of alternative treatment for her daughter, Cox moved from Georgia to Colorado, where another Georgia native, Jason Cranford, had moved in 2009 to develop a low-THC strain of marijuana for pediatric use.
Philosophers stone – selected views from the boat
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Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2015/04/the-heartbreaking-plight-of-colorados-marijuana-refugees/
