By Mike Courson, Hays Post on February 14, 2023
As the saying goes, choose your battles wisely. But sometimes, it’s not a choice at all. Fifteen-year-old Owen Klug was diagnosed with Dravet syndrome, a degenerative form of epilepsy that can cause hundreds of seizures a day. When pharmaceuticals did not work, his parents found hope in hemp oil. With 37 states now offering medical cannabis, and 21 states allowing the drug to be used recreationally, Owen’s mother, Kiley, simply wants those same opportunities for her child.
“If you would have told us we would have to go down this road 20 years ago, I would have said nope, no way, never,” she said. “But when you love someone, and you do your research, and you’re all in as a parent, this was the only path we had available to us. You don’t understand it until you have to live it.”
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