medical marijuana has been legal in georgia for almost two years and for many people it is helping them with serious medical conditions soon more people in georgia could be treated with it in the near future justin mcduffie checked in with the family that inspired the original bill haley cox started having seizures when she was about eight months old it was a complete nightmare we had to one of us had to be right next to her at all times just in case she was to have a seizure and quit breathing we would have to get her started again haley's mom janea says she had hundreds of seizures a day doctor's answer to that was five different prescriptions with the maximum dose that's when cox and her husband started looking for other options and found medical cannabis the family headed to colorado to start treatment since it was illegal in georgia her seizures are so much better controlled she's having maybe two to three on a really really bad day but that's down from 100 to 200 plus while they were in colorado representative allen peak got to work passing georgia's medical marijuana law that allowed haley to come home to forsyth and continue treatment with cannabis oil being able to look at us and sit up and hold our head up so it's a necessity in our lives and it's also a great rescue for haley if she starts to seize uncontrollably i can use a small drop on my finger and rub it on her gums and wax vape pen private brand - https://pcbkingdom.wordpress.com/2022/04/26/pen-vapers - it will stop the seizure completely cox hopes the current law will be expanded to other medical conditions they could if the general assembly passes peak's bill currently in the senate and this medicine has helped haley stay alive and out in colorado we saw a lot of conditions being treated with it and patients thriving on it and getting off of the horrible pharmaceuticals that were causing problems in their lives a problem the cox family thinks it solved with a drop of cannabis oil in monroe county justin mcduffie 13 wmaz eyewitness news representative peake's current expansion bill made it out of the house this week it is now in the senate which is working on its own version of the bill