Cyndimae Meehan, Who Inspired Medical Marijuana Law, Dies at 13 in Maine
The Meehan family moved to Maine to have legal access to cannabis to treat Cyndimae's rare form of epilepsy, and she was able to attend school after the passage of legislation last year.
On her last day, Cyndimae Meehan did the things she loved.
She colored. She played. She took a nap in her father’s arms.
Cyndimae, whose fight for access to medical cannabis to treat a rare form of epilepsy brought her and her mother before legislators in Maine and Connecticut, died Sunday while sleeping on her father’s chest on the couch in their Augusta home. She was 13.
“She really spread love and joy and an unbelievable smile everywhere she went, whether it was the State House or a restaurant or riding roller coasters in Florida,” said her mother, Susan Meehan. “She was a unifying force wherever she went.”
Cyndimae had Dravet syndrome, a rare and severe form...
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