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Texas Marijuana Reform Activists Will Try To Improve Limited Medical Marijuana Bill

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 05/20/2015 - 08:00

Texas marijuana reform activists are busy balancing a small victory with the passage of a limited medical marijuana bill with major shortcomings in the law, which allows the use of Cannabidiol oils for the treatment of seizures.

First off, the law doesn't allow the use of whole-plant marijuana. Cannabidiol oil, or CBD oil, is a derivative of marijuana that doesn't cause euphoria. Medical marijuana proponents say whole-plant marijuana treats a wide array of illnesses and ailments and that the plant is more effective as a whole.

But there's another problem — a legal problem.

Heather Fazio, Texas political director for the Marijuana Policy Project, told the San Antonio Current that the bill allows doctors to "prescribe" CBD oil instead of "recommending" the compound.

If a doctor prescribes marijuana, they are breaking federal law. But recommending medical pot is protected as free speech, Fazio explained.

"That's how they do it in 23...

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http://www.sacurrent.com/Blogs/archives/2015/05/19/marijuana-reform-activists-will-try-to-improve-limited-medical-marijuana-bill

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