Imagine a young child with a medical condition suffering from over one hundred seizures a day. The seizures hinder the child from reaching normal milestones like walking or talking. This child is someone’s grandchild, son/daughter, or niece/nephew. Exhausted from failed prescription medications to control the seizure activity, it is clear and evident that there must be an alternative solution. The alternative answer is medical cannabis oil. However, the state where the child lives has laws to prevent the child from receiving this alternative medication. Worldwide, including India, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, medical marijuana is permitted for medical purposes (Newitt). Newitt states, “The marijuana plant has been cultivated practically
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One method recommended for Georgia Regents University to partner with a private pharmaceutical company to start clinical trials of cannabis oil. This private company is GW Pharmaceuticals and they have been influencing and lobbying at the Capital. The second method is a state trial involving Georgia Regents University receiving the cannabis oil from the National Institute on Drug Abuse farm in Mississippi (Stuart/Sims). However, these methods take time that the children of Georgia don’t have. Unfortunately, these children need the medical cannabis oil now. Why could Governor Deal not give consent for these children to possess cannabis oil without the fear of prosecution from the law or the Department of Family and Children Services? Did Governor Deal announce these plans just to boost his votes in November? Whatever the answer may be, it is evident that these children and their needs were not met because of Georgia politics.
What does this mean? Marijuana is classified as a drug that has a high potential for abuse and has no currently accepted medical use in the United States. This classification prohibits research for marijuana, so how can research be completed to prove it has medical benefits if it is classified this way. The classification needs to change so that research and clinical studies can exist legally in Georgia and receive federal
One method recommended for Georgia Regents University to partner with a private pharmaceutical company to start clinical trials of cannabis oil. This private company is GW Pharmaceuticals and they have been influencing and lobbying at the Capital. The second method is a state trial involving Georgia Regents University receiving the cannabis oil from the National Institute on Drug Abuse farm in Mississippi (Stuart/Sims). However, these methods take time that the children of Georgia don’t have. Unfortunately, these children need the medical cannabis oil now. Why could Governor Deal not give consent for these children to possess cannabis oil without the fear of prosecution from the law or the Department of Family and Children Services? Did Governor Deal announce these plans just to boost his votes in November? Whatever the answer may be, it is evident that these children and their needs were not met because of Georgia politics.
What does this mean? Marijuana is classified as a drug that has a high potential for abuse and has no currently accepted medical use in the United States. This classification prohibits research for marijuana, so how can research be completed to prove it has medical benefits if it is classified this way. The classification needs to change so that research and clinical studies can exist legally in Georgia and receive federal