The Kentucky Senate is backing the use of marijuana or hemp oil to treat severe cases of epilepsy in children.
The senate voted 38 to zero on Wednesday (March 12) in favor of a bill to give the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville the authority to study cannabis oil.
The bill is sponsored by Louisville Senator and Health and Welfare Committee Chair Julie Denton.
"Cannabidiol oil does not have any affects in terms of getting high as people would normally associate with marijuana and this oil is giving orally under the tongue and the anecdotal evidence has shown that children who receive this have a dramatic decrease in the amount of seizures that they have on a daily basis,” said Denton.
Denton says young patients with epilepsy can suffer a hundred seizures a day. The measure heads over to the House.
