Tag: seizures
As a new Dix park gathers momentum, site’s history provides complex context
By Thomas Goldsmith As the 308-acre Raleigh campus of Dorothea Dix Hospital is being transformed into a destination park, former employees remember it not only as a haven for people with mental illness but also as a nearly self-sufficient small town. Their memories detail many instances of caring treatment by Dix professionals. But the DixDec 12, 2019Legislators Respond to Plea on Hemp Oil Bill
A bill to make it possible for the families of children with epilepsy to get an experimental hemp extract is near final passage in the General Assembly. By Jasmin Singh Tears fell from Sherena Ward’s eyes as a Senate committee pushed North Carolina one step closer to the legalization of hemp oil for her daughterJun 26, 2014
Epileptic Children Find Friends in NC House
A bill allowing the use of hemp oil for children with severe seizures makes its way through the General Assembly’s House of Representatives. By Jasmin Singh Stephen Carlin said he was overjoyed when the North Carolina House of Representatives applauded and congratulated families waiting for the legalization of hemp oil for their children suffering fromJun 20, 2014
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