Iowa’s new medical marijuana law officially took effect July - TopicsExpress



          

Iowa’s new medical marijuana law officially took effect July 1st. The new law will allow kids with epilepsy to use cannabis oil to relieve their symptoms, a treatment that is said to be extremely effective against seizures. However, many families are saying that the new law has plenty of holes in it. “Nothing is even ready for us to use until at least October,” said Tina McDermott, whose 8-year-old son, Ryan, has a rare form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome. “He had his first seizure when he was 9-weeks-old and I just noticed that his right arm was trembling,” McDermott said. “So I took him to the ER and they told me he was having a seizure.” McDermott said that once Ryan was diagnosed, she joined forces with other mothers, whose children were suffering from the incurable disease, and started contacting state senators about cannabis oil. “[Its been] a lot of emails, a lot of trying to explain to these senators how important it is,” said McDermott.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:09:32 +0000

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