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Funeral today for 9-year-old girl waiting on medical marijuana
WGRZ ^ | July 23, 2014

Posted on 07/30/2014 4:02:34 AM PDT by Wolfie

Funeral today for 9-year-old girl waiting on medical marijuana

WEST SENECA, N.Y. -- Friends, family and community members crowded into a church in West Seneca Wednesday morning to say final farewells to a little girl whose story touched all of Western New York.

For more than 8 months, 2 On Your Side has been following the journey of 9-year-old Anna Conte.

Anna had Dravet Syndrome, which caused her to have uncontrollable seizures.

Anna and her family were relentless in pressuring state leaders to pass a medical marijuana program, because a special oil-based version of cannabis worked wonders for kids in other states where it was legal.

Finally, the state legislature passed a bill and Governor Andrew Cuomo signed it into law. However, at the governor's insistence, the State Health Department has 18 months or longer to get the program up and running.

That proved to be too long for little Anna. Earlier this month, a seizure put her in a coma, and she never recovered.

A fund has been set up in Anna's memory. You can donate to the "For the Love of Anna Needs Fund" at any M&T Bank branch in WNY.

The Conte's and other families continue to press the state to expedite access for medical marijuana for children who need it.

Christine Emerson's little girl Julia also has Dravet Syndrome. They were at Anna's funeral.

"The service was beautiful, and it was a great representation of who Anna was," Christine said. "Just full of life."

Christine has a simple message to Governor Cuomo.

"Flat out, it's just not good enough," Christine said. "It's not good enough, and if this were his loved one, I'm pretty sure that he would make a different decision. Our kids deserve better."


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cannabis; marijuana; medicalmarijuana; pot; wod
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1 posted on 07/30/2014 4:02:34 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie

Are we supposed to conclude that weed would have kept her alive?


2 posted on 07/30/2014 4:11:02 AM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: Wolfie

Prayers for Anna.


3 posted on 07/30/2014 4:11:03 AM PDT by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: G Larry

That’s what I am inferring which is ridiculous. I know what it is like to lose a child, my son died at 2 years old from leukemia. I feel for these parents. But I don’t think pot would have stopped this.


4 posted on 07/30/2014 4:17:44 AM PDT by waxer1 (A Republic if you can keep it--Benjamin Franklin. Well we lost it.)
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To: G Larry
Are we supposed to conclude that weed would have kept her alive?

I understand that it reduces the frequency and severity of the seizures. Since she had one severe enough to put her in a coma, then yes, it might have kept her alive.

5 posted on 07/30/2014 4:18:23 AM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: G Larry

I believe that is the objective of the article.


6 posted on 07/30/2014 4:18:35 AM PDT by Russ (Repeal the '17th amendment)
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To: G Larry

They say the oil (ingested) stopped her seizures and that would have saved her.


7 posted on 07/30/2014 4:20:54 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (Ok, the joke's over. Bring back the Constitution.)
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To: G Larry
No. But, possible CBD oil could have.

Nothing like having .Gov involved in health issues. Especially when experimental procedures could/can be tried.

8 posted on 07/30/2014 4:21:28 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: G Larry

make that not “stopped” but reduced her seizures


9 posted on 07/30/2014 4:21:53 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (Ok, the joke's over. Bring back the Constitution.)
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To: waxer1
No, the POT would not have saved her. But hey, don't let the facts stand in
the way of the Stoners on this board. They'll be here in full force this
afternoon when they wake up to get stoned again. It's their cause in life to
free the Pot from the slavery of law and common sense.
10 posted on 07/30/2014 4:25:34 AM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: Wolfie

She didn’t die because she didn’t get pot......geesh.....idiocy.


11 posted on 07/30/2014 4:26:12 AM PDT by Ann Archy
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To: Wolfie

Here is yet another issue where conservatives can rip each other apart. (sigh)


12 posted on 07/30/2014 4:35:41 AM PDT by IC Ken
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To: G Larry

That’s what I was thinking. Never let someone’s death go to waste if one can gain a political advantage from it.


13 posted on 07/30/2014 4:37:32 AM PDT by punknpuss
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To: Wolfie

For a child to die is sad beyond measure, but did it occur to the parents that instead of trying to drag the bureaucratic behemoth into making the medicine they wanted legal, they could have just moved to a different state where it already WAS legal?


14 posted on 07/30/2014 4:37:39 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a Person as created by the Laws of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man)
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To: Wolfie

If a parent believes it is a matter of life and death that a certain substance be arranged for their child, wouldn’t you go and get it even if you had to move?


15 posted on 07/30/2014 4:47:17 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: G Larry; Ann Archy
No, not pot, a non-psychoactive extract oil, mentioned in the article. But just as illegal as pot.

Charlotte's Web

16 posted on 07/30/2014 4:48:17 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: G Larry

It might have allowed her to eat better or sleep better or move with less pain. It might have given her a few extra months or merely weeks. What would that be worth to you with your child?


17 posted on 07/30/2014 4:50:03 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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To: G Larry
Are we supposed to conclude that weed would have kept her alive?

I do believe that's what they are implying.

18 posted on 07/30/2014 4:50:24 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Wolfie

If they were so determined to get her weed, they could’ve gone to Colorado. Never rely on the government to accomplish things quickly (not that I agree with this stupidity).


19 posted on 07/30/2014 4:53:09 AM PDT by Politicalkiddo (Slavery, genocide, and imperialism aren't exclusively white institutions.)
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To: yldstrk

They were in the process of moving to Colorado.


20 posted on 07/30/2014 4:56:04 AM PDT by Wolfie
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