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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Families Wait as Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Around NYS Remain Closed 🌿Families Wait as Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Around NYS Remain Closed
CHURCHVILLE, N.Y. -- The state's foray into medical marijuana is slow going. As of Saturday, fewer than half of the dispensaries across the state are open.
"Are you going to go see Dr. Berg in a couple of weeks," Christine Emerson asked her daughter Julia. "What's he going to get for you?"
"My medicine," Julia Emerson smiled.
For 9-year-old Julia, medical marijuana would mean turning over a new leaf.
"She has what's called retractable epilepsy, or medicine resistant epilepsy, so we have trailed 14 medicines that have made her worse or not helped her at all," Christine explained.
The last few options could possibly leave Julia losing her peripheral vision, or developing aplastic anemia. It's left the family with one option: medical marijuana.
"It kind of work as an anti-epileptic, so it calms the brain," Christine said.
The family was a major advocate for the Compassion Care Act. But, facing the...
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