A woman who moved her daughter to Colorado so that she could have access to an epilepsy treatment made from a cannabis extract said she's pleased to hear that the extract will soon be legal in Missouri.
Gov. Jay Nixon signed a bill on Monday that will make a type of cannabis oil called CBD available for people who have tried other treatments for epilepsy without success. The oil is low in THC, the chemical that produces the high that people experience from marijuana.
Holly Brown's daughter suffers from a type of epilepsy that hasn't responded to other treatments. She said parents in Missouri who have children suffering from the same condition have a lot to look forward to.
"She has a rough condition, so she has some really rough days," she said. "They are not near as rough as they used to be, and the good days are significantly better than the good days we had before."
Brown said that while she's excited, she can't move back to Missouri because the exact medicine her daughter is taking is still only available in Colorado.
Under the new Missouri law, two nonprofit agencies will be licensed to grow the marijuana plants and produce the oil. The Missouri Department of Agriculture will oversee the state's two cannabis centers. No timeline has been set for getting those centers open.
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Mom pleased by Missouri's move to legalize cannabis extract