New Jersey Mother Moving Family to Colorado, Says State MMJ Program Failing her Child

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Jackson Stormes.


Jackson Stormes is one of the thousands of children in this country suffering from Dravet syndrome, a rare form of severe epilepsy that causes constant seizures and, generally, means a painful, poor quality of life for the children who have it. But for many, hope can be found in a low-THC, high-CBD cannabis extract that all but stops the seizures and allows kids to live a much more normal life. Sadly, Jackson hasn’t been able to access the high-CBD medicine where he lives in New Jersey, because that state’s program is being bogged down by inept program management and state leadership who would rather it all just go away says his mother, Jennie Stormes.
So with few other options, the Stormes family is uprooting and moving to Colorado where they know nobody, have no jobs but know that there is at least some hope for their son.


“The governor is forcing another kid out of the state,” Stormes told the Lehigh Valley Express-Times.

Jennie Stormes has was one of the more outspoken mothers over the last few years in New Jersey, fighting for her son’s rights to access live-saving medicine. But like a number of other New Jersey parents, including one-time New Jersey medical cannabis poster-child Vivian Wilson, the Stormes have decided to look for greener pastures.
The biggest problem right now, Stomres says, is that the state has dragged their heels deciding how the CBD-rich edibles will be made and how they will be sold to consumers. New Jersey law has strict rules governing edibles sales and only last year approved allowing for CBD-rich strains to treat minors. Stormes says the state forces parents like her to break the law by obtaining “illegal” CBD oil made from raw plants.
“The state is setting me up to fail and harm my child,” she said.
Stormes also complains of the state registration system which requires parents to take pain management and “addiction control” courses – things not required of parents actually giving hardcore, addictive opiates to their children but somehow required of parents giving non-intoxicating CBD oil. She says doctors in New Jersey have a strong bias against medical cannabis, as does the state.
To read more about Jackson Stormes or donate to help the Stormes family, visit their blog.

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