Alabama medical marijuana bill would allow cannabis treatment for 33 conditions
Alabama has allowed limited use of marijuana derivatives to help patients in recent years. Now some of the people behind those efforts want broader access to medical marijuana.
Rep. Mike Ball, R-Madison, filed a bill last week that would allow people suffering from one of nearly three dozen medical conditions to use medical marijuana if they get a recommendation from a physician, a physician’s assistant or a nurse practitioner.
Ball championed Carly’s Law in 2014 and Leni’s Law in 2016. The legislation granted access to cannabidiol (CBD), an oil derived from the marijuana plant, for those suffering severe seizures. Ball insisted in a phone interview on Monday that he introduced the bill for strict health reasons.
“Its time has come,” he said. “When I first introduced Carly’s Law, there was no support hardly. There certainly wasn’t enough to get it done.”
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