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Pubdate: Wed, 02 May 2018
Source: Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)
Copyright: 2018 The Times-Picayune
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Website: http://www.nola.com/t-p/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/848
Author: Maria Clark
MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILLS CLEAR ANOTHER HURDLE, HEAD TO THE SENATE
A group of Louisiana parents of children with severe autism had cause
for celebration Wednesday ( May 2 ) as a bill ( HB 627 ) that expands
medical marijuana as a treatment option for the condition cleared
another hurdle through the legislature.
It was one of two medical marijuana medicals aimed at expanding the
patient base in Louisiana that passed through the Senate Health and
Welfare committee. The other bill ( HB 579 ) authored by Rep. Ted James,
D-Baton Rouge, adds glaucoma, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic
pain and Parkinson's Disease to the roster of conditions already
approved for treatment with medical marijuana. Both bills will head to
the Senate for a full vote.
For some parents of children with severe autism, also known as
low-functioning autism, medical marijuana is seen as a last-resort
alternative to prescription medicines that come with a variety of
serious side-effects.
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