GEORGIA:  People are gearing up to learn more about Georgia’s new medical marijuana law.

House Bill 1, known as “Haleigh’s Hope Act,” was overwhelmingly approved by the state legislature last month. It allows for patients to possess and use medical marijuana for a variety of illnesses…

Victoria Elizabeth was one of more than a dozen families who relocated to Colorado for access to cannabis oil they say eases the suffering of their children.

“I’ve heard other medical refugees say it’s like meeting your child or the first time,” Elizabeth said. “It almost sounds like a cliché until you actually get out there and you get your child on the medicine and finally get them to stop having seizures and you finally get to see the real child that’s been in there for 13 years.”