Parents lobby Florida lawmakers on medical marijuana

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Parents lobby Florida lawmakers on medical marijuana

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/parents-lobby-florida-lawmakers-medical-marijuana-235550976--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/L7Wwck2nudFuqaML9gf8qQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-01-10T002103Z_1_CBREA0900Z500_RTROPTP_2_USA-FLORIDA-MARIJUANA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Attorney Coy Browning speaks to legislative committee on medicial marijuana in Tallahassee" align="left" title="Attorney Coy Browning speaks to legislative committee on medicial marijuana in Tallahassee" border="0" /></a>By Bill Cotterrell TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Parents of children suffering from severe epilepsy and other illnesses got a sympathetic reaction on Thursday from Florida lawmakers considering the legalization of a new marijuana strain that shows promising results for controlling seizures. &quot;We don't have time to wait,&quot; said Paige Figi, the mother of a 7-year-old girl for whom the strain &quot;Charlotte's Web&quot; is named. Figi, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, told lawmakers during a three-hour committee hearing that her daughter could not leave Colorado, where &quot;Charlotte's Web&quot; is legal, because of her dependence on the specialized strain, which does not get users high. Figi's appearance came as organizers in Florida work to put a proposed constitutional amendment to allow medical use of marijuana on state ballots during the November congressional election, the latest effort in a national campaign to reform laws banning the drug.</p><br clear="all"/>

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