Those who have survived the big push for cannabis of 2014 ’til now might be near grown, alas, their brains, we know, are lacking another key component of this plant design, yes—the CBD that children of some of those states lack access to is but one of more than 200 known cannabinoids which make up the whole spectrum of this herb widely available across the United States but sometimes still not legal medicine.
Kids and their parents and guardians are still seeking legal access to weed sea to shining sea.
Utah had a similar bill called Charlee’s Law teed up, fore!—and, days after Utah passed Charlee’s Law, Charlee Nelson died. She was just six years old.
“Darryl and I drove around North Carolina and interviewed these families about their experiences as parents of a child with epilepsy. These parents are fighting to be able to use cannabis as a treatment—several North Carolina families have moved to Colorado (for access to legal marijuana) with the children having great success.”
How strange—my blog reports the news of marijuana-related deaths, but in these cases, it’s solely to report those related to the inabilityto legally access and use cannabis sativa, more casually called “marijuana”.
Notes from Hope 4 NC Children, Kids for Cannabis campaign diary (2014)
On a long-distance call with a relocated-to-Colorado mom, I found it absolutely astounding to find out that the first in line for marijuana when they legalized it that year was a veteran with PTSD—because, while Colorado had already legalized “medical marijuana” it was only for a strictly controlled list of symptoms, which did not include PTSD—a common symptom of our veterans.
In North Carolina, the YouTube video went straight into the hands of Rep. Pat McElraft, R-Carteret, who delivered the message to the caucus, “We’ve got to do this for them. It’s the only hope they have,” McElraft reportedly said as she choked back tears.
Five-year-old Zora Carlin has Dravet Syndrome and has suffered up to 40 seizures a day since she was an infant. Her parents tried 14 different medications, various diets, vitamins and supplements to treat the condition without success.
“She’s happy – (we’re) reading with her or something – and the next minute, you know, she’s on the floor, and she’s into a full-blown seizure, turning blue,” said her father, Steve Carlin. “Her quality of life is not advancing. She takes two steps forward and has a seizure, and takes five steps back. So, she’s not advancing anywhere.”
Lawmaker seeks to legalize marijuana oil for NC children with severe epilepsy, WRAL News, posted 3:30 p.m. Mar 10, 2014 — Updated 6:35 p.m. Mar 14, 2014
McElraft named “Hope for Haley” after a child in her district.
“It’s NOT going to be about legalizing medical marijuana for adults. This is ONLY about CBD oil for the CHILDREN,” she said, adding that she will write the bill to preclude prescriptions for adults.
Steve Carlin said he worries about how long his daughter can survive. So do I.
North Carolina passed McElraft’s “Hope for Haley” with a pharmaceutical called Epidiolex and a controlled patient list, but without access to God’s creation for the Christian parents, and their kids, who were begging for it—in 2014.
“You start losing hope, and then you hear there’s something out there that changes it, but it’s illegal,” said Steve Carlin, Zora’s father.
Zora’s mom reminds us, cannabis “brings a little hope…
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
Dawn Carlin, Zora’s mother quoting Proverbs 13:12
it starts bringing things alive again.”
It’s still illegal in the United States.
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