The top local stories this morning from 四虎影院: Only a handful of people in Texas can legally use medical marijuana, but hopes to change the law so they鈥檒l no longer have to break it.
17 year-old Kara Zartler has cerebral palsy and is autistic. Her family uses cannabis vapor to calm her down from violent episodes of self-injury.
Research backing medical marijuana has been limited, though. Because cannabis is an FDA schedule-I drug, like heroin or LSD, it鈥檚 hard to study legally. By comparison, there鈥檚 more research on schedule II drugs, such cocaine, opium or fentanyl.
Other stories this morning:
- O.D. Wyatt High School in Fort Worth has dramatically changed since it opened in 1968. It鈥檚 the last high school featured in our American Graduate series 鈥淩ace, Poverty and The Changing Face of Schools.鈥�
You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on 四虎影院 90.1 FM.
