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Failure of medical marijuana bill leaves Hall mother sad, determined
Amendment derails cannabis oil plan despite both houses backing
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Sarah Caruso was hoping medical marijuana could offer a more effective treatment for 5-year-old daughter’s Britlyn’s seizures due to cerebral palsy. But a bill that would allow use of cannabis oil for medicinal purposes failed to pass the Georgia General Assembly last week. - photo by For The Times
In the expiring moments of the 2014 legislative session Thursday, Georgia lawmakers gleefully threw shredded paper in the air, a tradition signifying the end of business. In the upper gallery of the House, however, there was a much different show of raw emotion. Oakwood mother Sarah Caruso was one of several Georgia parents distraught after a law that would have allowed access to medical marijuana failed to be brought for a House vote.