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Girl's seizures spur medical marijuana legislation in Georgia
Dr. Sanjay Gupta puts medical marijuana under the microscope Sunday at 9 p.m. ET in “Weed 3: The Marijuana Revolution.”
(CNN)The Coxes can rest more comfortably living in Georgia now that their 5-year-old daughter can get the marijuana extract she needs. “This means the world to us,” said Haleigh Cox’s mother, Janea Cox.
Continue Reading...The Heartbreaking Plight of Colorado's 'Marijuana Refugees'
Desperate families with children suffering from rare medical conditions have moved to Colorado seeking low-THC strains of marijuana.
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.
Continue Reading...State of Hope
Hundreds of families have moved to Colorado in hopes of healing their sick children — kids conventional medicine has failed. They’re turning to a liquid form of marijuana that has helped some, but not all. This is the story of 12-year-old Preston and his mother, Ana.
Ana Watson looks across the living room of the Colorado Springs house that still doesn’t feel quite like home and sees her son, Preston, sitting stiffly on a brand-new couch. His eyelids flutter, struggling against the seizures that have quaked through his brain every day since he was 3 months old.
Continue Reading...Medical marijuana bill to appear again
“We want to come home. That’s where he was born, that’s where he belongs, that’s his state.”
It’s the plea of a father who dropped everything to save his four-year-old son.
Continue Reading...Haleigh's Hope
Janea Cox, her husband Brian, their 7-year-old daughter Haleigh and their chocolate Lab Kala left their Forsyth home in December 2016 for their semi-annual trip to Colorado. They flew into Denver and made their way toward Colorado Springs in a rental car, squeezing the three of them, a wheelchair and the dog into the small, four-door sedan. A handicap-equipped van would have been better, but the economy ride was what they could afford.
Continue Reading...Lily's Hope: Part 1
Vicky Pletka and her partner Rosie Wirth found their hope for their four-year-old daughter Lily in Colorado.
In May 2015, they went on a desperate journey from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Colorado Springs to try to save her.
Continue Reading...Cannabis For Kids: The Children Behind The Debate (FULL DOCUMENTARY)
More parents are turning to cannabidiol (CBD) oil, a cannabis extract with little or none of the psychoactive compound THC, to treat their children who have cancer and epilepsy. The oil is currently legal in dozens of states, but its supply is limited. And the science lags the law—dosing standards haven’t been set, and the effects of long-term use are unclear. Follow Penn and Nicole Mattison and their daughter Millie, Tracy and Josh Ryan and their daughter Sophie, and Sarah and David Rowland and their daughter Lily as they navigate the challenges of using CBD oil.
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Continue Reading...Family makes medical move north for child
The Harmon family moved out of their home in Canyon on Saturday. Friends filled the mint-green home and carried boxes out the door, under falling leaves to a U-Haul parked out front. Hugs were doled out, and best wishes were offered to John and Rebecca Harmon and their three children.
The Harmons’ youngest child, Sam, ran through the yard and the house, excited by the day’s events.
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