HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A former D.A.R.E. officer-turned medical cannabis advocate spent the past year educating legislators across Alabama on the benefits of medical marijuana, and is thrilled for what’s to come with the new law.
When Governor Ivey signed the bill into law this past week, advocate Amanda Taylor said it’s something that made all the hard work worth it.
CBD sellers echo Taylor’s excitement, adding a stronger non-pharmaceutical option may benefit patients across the Tennessee Valley.
“So many people need the THC that’s in Marijuana. Now you can also take that THC and tone it down, that psychoactive,” The Green Lady dispensary co-owner Linda Jones said
“A lot of the patients that are using medical marijuana are patients that have already used all of these FDA prescribed drugs,” Bluewater Hemp co-owner Taylor Marks added.
Taylor suffers from six diseases, among them, Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis and Gastroparesis.
She tried pharmaceuticals, but said they were harming more than helping. She said she suffered severe side effects that almost killed her. She was also spending thousands of dollars per month on medicine.
“It’s not about being high, it’s about a better quality of life,” Taylor said.
Medical marijuana was eventually recommended to Taylor by one of her doctors, and she was not originally on board with the idea, but the former D.A.R.E. officer was desperate for relief that would exacerbate her…
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A former D.A.R.E. officer-turned medical cannabis advocate spent the past year educating legislators across Alabama on the benefits of medical marijuana, and is thrilled for what’s to come with the new law.
When Governor Ivey signed the bill into law this past week, advocate Amanda Taylor said it’s something that made all the hard work worth it.
CBD sellers echo Taylor’s excitement, adding a stronger non-pharmaceutical option may benefit patients across the Tennessee Valley.
“So many people need the THC that’s in Marijuana. Now you can also take that THC and tone it down, that psychoactive,” The Green Lady dispensary co-owner Linda Jones said
“A lot of the patients that are using medical marijuana are patients that have already used all of these FDA prescribed drugs,” Bluewater Hemp co-owner Taylor Marks added.
Taylor suffers from six diseases, among them, Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis and Gastroparesis.
She tried pharmaceuticals, but said they were harming more than helping. She said she suffered severe side effects that almost killed her. She was also spending thousands of dollars per month on medicine.
“It’s not about being high, it’s about a better quality of life,” Taylor said.
Medical marijuana was eventually recommended to Taylor by one of her doctors, and she was not originally on board with the idea, but the former D.A.R.E. officer was desperate for relief that would exacerbate her…
