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In 2014, the Missouri Legislature legalized cannabis oil to treat an intractable type of epilepsy that can’t be controlled by medications. Darla Templeton, director of the Epilepsy Foundation of Missouri and Kansas, estimates 18,000 Missourians could be eligible for the treatment. So far, nine neurologists statewide are willing to allow patients to try the treatment and only 15 patients are certified to receive it. That has led the two groups with licenses to grow industrial hemp and extract the oil to scale back their plans. They say they are still determined to eventually provide the oil, perhaps by January. The cannabis oil contains a chemical called cannabidiol, or CBD, and does not produce the high that users get from marijuana. Neurologists unwilling to certify patients for the treatment say it is not FDA approved and that more medical research is needed to determine proper dosing and possible long-term effects.

Friday’s ruling creates what is called an “affirmative defense” for those charged with driving with drugs in their system.