Conn. House Approves Cannabis Oils For Children

With backing from Connecticut’s pediatricians, the House of Representatives voted 129 to 13 Wednesday night for legislation allowing physicians to prescribe cannabis oils to treat children for a half-dozen serious medical conditions.

“These are not run-of-the-mill conditions. These are not headaches,” said Rep. Matthew Ritter, D-Hartford, co-chair of the Public Health Committee. “We’re talking about end of life, palliative care, intractable seizures.”

The bill now goes to the Senate.

The legislation would expand the state’s so-called medical marijuana law to allow physicians for the first time to prescribe a non-smokable form of cannabis for patients younger than age 18.

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