North Carolina allows its residents to use medical
marijuana to treat seizures
marijuana to treat seizures
North Carolina is allowing its residents to have limited access to medical marijuana that can be used to treat severe seizures.
On June 26, 2014, the Hope 4 Haley Friends bill unanimously passed the state’s House (112-1) and the state’s Senate (45-0).
The bill is named after six-year-old Haley Ward, who has a rare epilepsy disorder. Cannabidi oil is a substance in the Hemp plant that will be used to treat patients whose epilepsy cannot be treated by any other means.
According to a press release from the governor’s office , Gov. Pat McCory said that the new law will make it easier for universities to do research that will help children, like Ward, to receive better treatment for their rare disorder.
“This law will help ease the suffering endured by children whom no other treatments are effective against their seizures,” said McCory.
McCrory noted that the law allows universities to do research and clinical studies on the effects of the marijuana treatment.
The universities that will be taking part in the research are the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, East Carolina University, Duke University, and Wake Forest University.
North Carolina State Rep. Marilyn Avila, one of the bill’s sponsors, told North Carolina Health News that the state’s legislature wants the public to understand that the state does not support marijuana use.
Avila pointed out that the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC ) substance, which makes a person high, makes up a small percentage of the substances found in the Hemp oil plant.
Based on information in the bill, THC makes up less than 0.3% of the substances found in the Hemp oil plant compared to cannabidiol which makes up less than 10% of the substances found in the Hemp oil plant.
North Carolina Health News quoted Avila as saying, “It’s that small percentage of THC this is in the wrong dosage, the hallucinogenic that many of us know as scourge on Earth, with our drug problems in the United States.”
Sherena Ward, Haley Ward’s mother, praised the state legislators and the governor for recognizing the importance of the bill.
Ward told Jacksonville Daily News that the new law will help her daughter and other children who also have daily seizures to live a normal life.
The Jacksonville Daily News quoted Ward as saying, “I think, even though Haley has epilepsy, epilepsy does not need to have her. I am thinking of how many children who are suffering daily. How much better can their lives get? I am looking forward to the success of the treatment.”
On June 26, 2014, the Hope 4 Haley Friends bill unanimously passed the state’s House (112-1) and the state’s Senate (45-0).
The bill is named after six-year-old Haley Ward, who has a rare epilepsy disorder. Cannabidi oil is a substance in the Hemp plant that will be used to treat patients whose epilepsy cannot be treated by any other means.
According to a press release from the governor’s office , Gov. Pat McCory said that the new law will make it easier for universities to do research that will help children, like Ward, to receive better treatment for their rare disorder.
“This law will help ease the suffering endured by children whom no other treatments are effective against their seizures,” said McCory.
McCrory noted that the law allows universities to do research and clinical studies on the effects of the marijuana treatment.
The universities that will be taking part in the research are the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, East Carolina University, Duke University, and Wake Forest University.
North Carolina State Rep. Marilyn Avila, one of the bill’s sponsors, told North Carolina Health News that the state’s legislature wants the public to understand that the state does not support marijuana use.
Avila pointed out that the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC ) substance, which makes a person high, makes up a small percentage of the substances found in the Hemp oil plant.
Based on information in the bill, THC makes up less than 0.3% of the substances found in the Hemp oil plant compared to cannabidiol which makes up less than 10% of the substances found in the Hemp oil plant.
North Carolina Health News quoted Avila as saying, “It’s that small percentage of THC this is in the wrong dosage, the hallucinogenic that many of us know as scourge on Earth, with our drug problems in the United States.”
Sherena Ward, Haley Ward’s mother, praised the state legislators and the governor for recognizing the importance of the bill.
Ward told Jacksonville Daily News that the new law will help her daughter and other children who also have daily seizures to live a normal life.
The Jacksonville Daily News quoted Ward as saying, “I think, even though Haley has epilepsy, epilepsy does not need to have her. I am thinking of how many children who are suffering daily. How much better can their lives get? I am looking forward to the success of the treatment.”
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