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Drug Policy

Ruby the Liberal

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2. My sister told me that she wrote her house Rep

Reply to ladywnch (Reply #1)

Thu May 14, 2015, 06:38 PM

May 2015

and explained that CBD oils taken daily are great for preventative treatment like seizures, but don't work for cases of PTSD where immediate relief is required - or cancer patients who can't keep the oils (or edibles) 'down' long enough for the body to process them. Said she asked him to push to keep vapor in the bill.

If she had a need to write back, I recommended that she also reinforce the length of time it takes the body to process ingested cannabis. People may think after an hour that they didn't get what they need to get relief and take even more, when they should have waited an hour and 20 minutes.

We shouldn't even be having to come up with these talking points. Over a plant.

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