Dozens turn out in support of medical marijuana

On some of the worst nights, Dana Ulrich lies in bed with 8-year-old Lorelei and waits for her breath to return.

With her ear and hand pressed against her daughter’s chest, she listens hoping the epileptic seizures that often number in the hundreds each day will subside. It has been this way for close to six years, and medications have done little to ebb the tide of symptoms associated with her condition, primary generalized intractable epilepsy.

It's what brought Dana and Lorelei together with family, friends and other advocates to Lions Park along the Bristol waterfront Saturday afternoon for a rally to support the ongoing fight to legalize medical marijuana in Pennsylvania.

“I was on the fence like everyone else only a couple years ago,” said state Rep John T. Galloway, D-140.

“Then I saw the little girl’s face, and I know I can’t sit on the sidelines any longer.”...

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