Eight states and now Washington D.C. also allow prescribed medical marijuana in school.
Zoey Carty was diagnosed with frontal lobe epilepsy when she was 6 months old. Zoey was having 10 seizures a day and, on the advice of her neurologist, she was treated with phenobarbital, a common drug for epilepsy.
Washington D.C., where the family lives, allows the use of medical marijuana to those with a license. But the family hit a roadblock when Zoey, who just turned 12, was told that her charter school would not permit the drug to be administered on school grounds. Eight minors in Washington D.C. hold medical marijuana licenses, according to to the Washington Post, which cited data from the district’s Department of Health.
“Medical marijuana should be treated as an EpiPen, where a physician can administer the medication to students,” Khalepari said. “Cities and States need to take the necessary steps to give the appropriate access for seriously ill children.”
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