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Texas' First Medical Cannabis Dispensary Set To Open In December
In just two months, Texans suffering from intractable epilepsy will be able to purchase a type of medicinal cannabis approved by the state. The dispensary itself is located outside a rural Texas town better known for its dancehalls, polka music and kolaches.
Austin mom Katie Graham, sips coffee at a café on the city’s Northwest side. She’s just sent her son Elliott off on a school field trip and now nervously monitors her cell phone for texts alerting her that her son has suffered another seizure.
“There’s always a really high level of anxiety and stress. Every single moment, ever single phone call, you never know if that’s that one call from school that he’s had another seizure and so even at night we don’t sleep very well because there’s always that anxiety," Graham explains.
Graham’s son is one of 150-thousand patients, who’ve registered with the state and had a doctor recommend the use of a type of cannabis oil that has high concentrations of cannabidiol or CBD and extremely low-levels of THC, the psychoactive component of the marijuana plant.
Read more: http://tpr.org/post/texas-first-medical-cannabis-dispensary-set-open-december
