For medicinal purposes Saturday, September 24, 2016 Chubut first to accept cannabis oilChubut has become the first province to approve the use of cannabis oil in the public health system, ensuring that it will now be stocked in public hospitals for the treatment of epilepsy caused by the Dravet syndrome. The law approved by the Legislature also stipulates that the oil be added into the medication covered by health programmes provided to public employees. A return trip to Buenos Aires from the Patagonian province of Chubut clocks in at well over 3,000 kilometres. Micaela was taking up to 27 pills a day and was suffering up to 10 seizures a day lasting up 35 minutes. Her mother, Carola, said that after discovering cannabis oil as an alternative, “she was hesitant at first to use the altrnative threatments, even after legally acquiring it through an importation process that required an increible about of bureaucratic paperwork.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 24, 2016 01:52 UTC