16 Jul Medical marijuana on Florida’s horizon
Florida is one step away from legalizing medical marijuana. Come November, voters will decide if they should allow widespread sale and usage by saying “yay” or “nay” on The Florida Right to Medical Marijuana Initiative, commonly known as Amendment 2.
Medical Cannabis is already legal in 23 states and the District of Columbia and is hailed by some as a wonder drug; a cure to a wide range of ailments.
3-year-old Dahlia Barnhart was diagnosed last May with a very aggressive and rare form of brain cancer. Her mother, Moriah Barnhart, said the chemotherapy wasn’t working well and Dahlia was on her death bed until she started medical marijuana treatment.
“This type of disease has such a low success rate with conventional treatments, I really felt I had no option but to utilize it, to see if it helped and to go from there. So I picked up and moved to Colorado,” said Barnhart.
Dahlia takes Cannabis oil by mouth. It has low levels of THC, Tetrahydrocannabinol, to keep her from getting high off the drug. Now, she says, the tumor is shrinking.
Barnhart, who is now part of the advocacy group “Cannamoms,” knows there are critics but stands behind her decision to give her daughter Cannabis.
“We have been brainwashed and I know speaking for myself I was one of those people before I was in the situation,” Barnhart told News4Jax. “There is really nothing that can mean more than what I see with my own eyes. And her quality-of-life and the fact that she went from being on her deathbed to being a happy and playful, energetic toddler.”
Marijuana is hailed by many as a miracle medicine for the worst cancers and other debilitating diseases.
Source: News4jax