Pubdate: Wed, 26 Mar 2014
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2014 The Denver Post Corp
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NEW UTAH POT-EXTRACT LAW FACES THORNY FUTURE

Salt Lake City (AP) - Parents of Utah children with severe epilepsy
are cheering a new state law that allows them to obtain a marijuana
extract they say helps with seizures, but getting it involves
navigating a thorny set of state and federal laws.

Utah's Republican Gov. Gary Herbert has already approved the law and
held a signing ceremony for about 50 parents and children at the state
Capitol on Tuesday afternoon.

The new law doesn't allow medical marijuana production in Utah but
allows families meeting certain restrictions to obtain the extract
from other states.

Similar legislation is pending in at least one other state. The
marijuana extract, which some believe helps with a severe form of
epilepsy, is produced in Colorado and is designed not to produce a
high.
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