Alabama lawmakers hear pros, cons of medicinal cannabidiol (al.com) {CBD oil, Leni's Law}

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By Mike Cason | mcason@al.com
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on March 16, 2016 at 7:34 PM, updated March 17, 2016 at 4:34 PM

A father told a legislative committee today that his daughter's seizure disorder improved dramatically from taking cannabidiol after his family moved from Alabama to Oregon, where the product is legal.

Wayne Young testified by Skype at a public hearing held by the Alabama House Judiciary Committee.

Young said his daughter, Leni, age 4, went from having 20 or 30 seizures a day to having a total of five over 10 months.

"In a couple of weeks her improvement was almost a 180," Young said.

The committee is considering a bill that would allow people to take cannabidiol to treat certain conditions under the supervision of a doctor.
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more: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/03/bill_to_allow_medicinal_mariju.html




'Leni's Law' to decriminalize medical marijuana oil filed in Alabama legislature

By Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com
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on February 02, 2016 at 3:53 PM, updated February 02, 2016 at 4:07 PM

"Leni's Law" is now formally a bill.

State Rep. Mike Ball filed the proposal Tuesday on the first day of the 2016 legislative session that would decriminalize the possession of medicinal marijuana oil that has been prescribed by a doctor.

The bill is named for 4-year-old Leni Young, who has significantly reduced her seizures since her family moved to Oregon from Alabama to access cannabidiol (CBD oil).

The bill would permit patients, or their parents or guardians if the patients are minors, to have possession of the oil with up to 3 percent THC – the part of marijuana that provides the psychoactive high – with a doctor's prescription. Even at 3 percent THC, the oil would not yield a high, Ball said.

Currently, the oil is accessible in Alabama only through the Carly's Law study at UAB, which Ball helped push through the legislature two years ago.
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more: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/lenis_law_to_decriminalize_med.html



Related earlier post on UAB study:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/114216211

(To clarify: CBD is a pure chemical compound of known, definite structure. "CBD oil" is an extract from cannabis which contains high concentrations of CBD, but which also may contain small amounts of other cannabinoids, including THC, which is responsible for the cannabis "high". The amounts of THC present in CBD oil are not enough to have a notable physiological effect, but enough to get it declared illegal in most states.)