Pubdate: Fri, 04 Jul 2014
Source: Asheville Citizen-Times (NC)
Copyright: 2014 Asheville Citizen-Times
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MCCRORY SIGNS MARIJUANA OIL BILL INTO LAW

RALEIGH (AP) - Gov. Pat McCrory says a new law he signed allowing 
some physicians to treat epilepsy in North Carolina using an extract 
from a marijuana plant could also lead to the discovery of other therapies.

McCrory signed the hemp oil bill Thursday during an Executive Mansion 
ceremony. The legislature sent him the bill supported by family 
members whose children aren't responding to conventional drug treatments.

The law allows neurologists to participate in clinical trials with 
the oil, which is taken orally. Lawmakers say the oil doesn't produce a high.

Patients and physicians would register in a state database. 
Possession of the oil wouldn't be illegal in these cases. 
Universities would be encouraged to conduct hemp extract research.

The law was named for 5-year-old Haley Ward, who attended the ceremony.
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