Indopedia All Things Marijuana
Although it has been said that Indiana would be one of the last states in the nation to pass anything even remotely close to a marijuana-related bill, the state actually put a low-THC medical cannabis program on the books last week for patients suffering from epilepsy.
Earlier this year, Governor Eric Holcomb signed the state’s first medical marijuana bill, which was designed to give patients with certain kinds of seizure disorders the freedom to use a non-intoxicating for of marijuana called cannabidiol (CBD), otherwise known as cannabis oil.
The governor, who is not a supporter of cannabis reform, said he felt confident signing the bill because it “does not put us on a slippery slope to legalizing marijuana.”
Yet, the program is far from a salvation’s wing for people who need cannabis oil to control devastating seizures.
For starters, because anything derived from the cannabis plant remains illegal in the eyes of the federal government, families of children (under 18) suffering with this disease will likely experience difficulty finding a doctor willing to so much as discuss the possibility of using CBD treatment, much less write them a recommendation to…
