Family With Suffering Children Says Cannabis Oil Treatment Needs To Be Legal

There is bad luck, and then there is the plight of Aaron and Emily Campbell of Orem, Utah, who have already watched their eldest daughter die from a rare neurodegenerative disease and can expect two more of their kids to suffer the same fate. The daughter they lost experienced a slow, painful death. As another daughter has begun to show signs of the disease, the Campbell family has turned to cannabis oil, which is illegal in their state, to ease her suffering.

A Tough Road For The Campbell Family

The Campbell children are afflicted with Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD), an inherited disorder that affects an estimated 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 160,000 people around the world. The disease causes breakdown of the myelin coating that insulates neurons and allows for normal neurologic function in the central and peripheral nervous...

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