"Marijuana Mom" fights for daughter's health
Marijuana is illegal in North Carolina, but that is not stopping one woman from getting it to her sick daughter.
Kendra Martin's daughter, Ali, has an extremely rare disease that causes constant myoclonic seizures.
Martin said marijuana has helped her daughter get off two-thirds of her prescription medications, and does a much better job at treating her condition.
"She has Unverricht-Lungbord Disease III," Martin explained. "She is the only case of its kind in the United States. Ali constantly seizes, she has a constant seizure rhythm."
Martin provides her daughter marijuana in many different forms.
North Carolina lawmakers have an opportunity to make what Martin is doing legal.
House Bill 983 is sponsored by Dem. Kelly Alexander. It would legalize medicinal marijuana for terminally and chronically ill patients.
The bill currently sits in the health committee. FOX 46 Charlotte reached out to all four chairmen of that committee. Rep. Gary...
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