On Thursday
North Carolina Governor
Pat McCrory
said he would sign
a bill into law
that will allow patients
who suffer
from intractable epilepsy
access to a point-three-percent
marijuana-based
treatment called cannabinol (CBD).
McCrory said
"This law will help
ease the suffering
endured by children
from whom
no other treatments
are effective
against their seizures."
Marijuana activists and advocates
point out
that this limited
CBD-only bill
may not be permissive enough
to help a lot of patients
but hey
it's a start
from the man
who back in February
drew 80,000 protesters
to the Moral March
on Raleigh
with a diverse array
of peeps asking him
and his pals
to stop seizing up
North Carolina's
voting rights
women's rights
environmental rights
educational rights
(to name a few)
and pretty much
to start doing right
and just like
mellow out
you know?
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
