Utah Legalizes Marijuana for Epilepsy Patients

The state of Utah has now made it legal for state residents suffering from severe epilepsy to buy medical marijuana oil that is rich in CBD in other states and transport it back to Utah for use without fear of being prosecuted; however, it could still prove to be a slippery slope. Whenever transporting anything that is illegal at a federal level across state lines, there are going to be a few obstacles to overcome, but this is still a tremendous victory for the state of Utah.

Patients must have the approval of a certified neurologist before they can obtain the CBD extract, and Utah Governor Gary Herbert insists that it is still very much illegal to produce the oil within state limits. Luckily for Utah, they are more or less surrounded by both recreationally legal and medically legal marijuana states.

Unfortunately, there are even more obstacles to overcome as the state of Colorado currently only produces CBD rich extracts like the famed “Charlotte’s Web” (a marijuana strain that doesn’t produce any mind altering effects due to its virtually nonexistent levels of THC) for sale to medical patients and not recreationally. So in order for Utah patients to obtain this potentially life changing medicine they must risk transporting the extract across state lines or gain residency in Colorado so that they can procure a medical marijuana card.

Over 100 families have already made the move to Colorado for the therapeutic benefits this oil has proved to provide.