Jacob Redmond
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Governor Bill Haslam said he plans to sign a bill in to law this week that would allow cannabis oil for seizure treatment.
The bill passed unanimously in the House and Senate earlier this month. This is the farthest any cannabis bill has ever progressed in Tennessee.
The McCall family in Greene County, along with families across Tennessee, have been fighting to decriminalize bringing cannabis oil in to the state for those diagnosed with epilepsy.
They say cannabis oil could treat seizures with much less harmful side effects than the FDA approved medications their loved ones are on now.
At 4-months-old Ellen McCall's now 9-month-old daughter was diagnosed with a severe form of epilepsy.
"It was terrifying," McCall said. "Those seizures turned in to the spasms and the spasms are the severe form of seizures...It's so scary to watch your child go through that, because you don't know if she's in pain."
To control the seizures Penelope takes medications. McCall said those medications have harmful side effects.
"Sedation is one of them, drowsiness, low muscle tone, because their muscles are so relaxed from the medication," McCall said. "It's hindering her development so she's not able to talk or sit up or hold her head up so she would probably be the same way as an adult."
McCall said as a mom to have no other options than to put your baby in the hands of those medications, "It's devastating. I mean you know you want the best for your child and you're going to do anything you can to make your child better, but at the same time it's just heart breaking to see that."
McCall said the oil will control the seizures without the side effects, a treatment that for the first time is within reach.
"I can't wait to get her off of them, and watch her develop, watch her come to life, meet our child, we've never met Penelope, like her true personality," McCall said.
State representative Jeremy Faison wrote the bill and said the law will take effect as soon as the governor signs the bill.
The oil does not have enough THC to get high off of.
McCall said she has approval from her neurologist and will hopefully have the oil in the next few months.
Faison said no lobbyists were paid to get this bill passed, instead multiple families pushed this bill for their loved ones.
The governor said the bill should reach his desk by the end of the week.
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The bill passed unanimously in the House and Senate earlier this month. This is the farthest any cannabis bill has ever progressed in Tennessee.
The McCall family in Greene County, along with families across Tennessee, have been fighting to decriminalize bringing cannabis oil in to the state for those diagnosed with epilepsy.
They say cannabis oil could treat seizures with much less harmful side effects than the FDA approved medications their loved ones are on now.
At 4-months-old Ellen McCall's now 9-month-old daughter was diagnosed with a severe form of epilepsy.
"It was terrifying," McCall said. "Those seizures turned in to the spasms and the spasms are the severe form of seizures...It's so scary to watch your child go through that, because you don't know if she's in pain."
To control the seizures Penelope takes medications. McCall said those medications have harmful side effects.
"Sedation is one of them, drowsiness, low muscle tone, because their muscles are so relaxed from the medication," McCall said. "It's hindering her development so she's not able to talk or sit up or hold her head up so she would probably be the same way as an adult."
McCall said as a mom to have no other options than to put your baby in the hands of those medications, "It's devastating. I mean you know you want the best for your child and you're going to do anything you can to make your child better, but at the same time it's just heart breaking to see that."
McCall said the oil will control the seizures without the side effects, a treatment that for the first time is within reach.
"I can't wait to get her off of them, and watch her develop, watch her come to life, meet our child, we've never met Penelope, like her true personality," McCall said.
State representative Jeremy Faison wrote the bill and said the law will take effect as soon as the governor signs the bill.
The oil does not have enough THC to get high off of.
McCall said she has approval from her neurologist and will hopefully have the oil in the next few months.
Faison said no lobbyists were paid to get this bill passed, instead multiple families pushed this bill for their loved ones.
The governor said the bill should reach his desk by the end of the week.
News Moderator: Jacob Redmond 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Gov. Haslam plans to sign cannabis oil bill this week - WJHL.com
Author: Allie Hinds
Contact: Contact News Channel 11 - WJHL.com
Photo Credit: None Found
Website: Home - WJHL News | Johnson City | Kingsport | Bristol - WJHL.com
