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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Virginia State Senate Passes Marijuana Reform Law, Allows Oil for Epileptics 🌿Virginia State Senate Passes Marijuana Reform Law, Allows Oil for Epileptics
The Virginia Senate passed a bill that will allow the production and manufacturing of two different marijuana oils for patients with epilepsy. It's called the Medical Marijuana Program Improvement bill.
Last year, two bills gave epilepsy patients a defense if found in possession of cannabis oils. But, the law provided no way for patients to actually obtain the oils without breaking federal and state laws.
That's where this latest bill would change things.
"People suffer everyday because they don't have the proper medication or what they do have makes them more sick, and research has shown that cannabis oil can really improve their conditions and bring them on the road to recovery,” Jes Bossems, director of Jefferson Area National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), said.
This bill will now be passed on to the House for its review. Bossems says she would like see more medical professionals...
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