Families migrate to Colorado for marijuana miracle
Piper's retinas are dotted with small holes, a marker of her epileptic condition, but she responds to toys with bright lights. Her parents, Tennesseans Annie and Justin Koozer moved to Colorado to obtain a seizure-stopping cannabis extract produced by the Realm of Caring Foundation.
The waiting list for the cannabis extract includes about 30 kids in Utah whose parents hope to import what they consider an ‘herbal’ remedy.
By kirsten stewart
DENVER » Piper rolls back and forth across a large blanket on the living room floor, windmilling her arms and kicking her legs.
"Who’s a happy girl?" asks her mom, Annie Koozer, kneeling over the 2-year-old with a small, oil-filled syringe. Piper fusses as Annie squirts a tiny amount into the side of her mouth.
"What do you think about that? That’s not too bad, especially if it makes you feel better," says Annie.
It could take days or weeks before Annie and her husband, Justin Koozer, know whether the medicine controls Piper’s debilitating seizures. But waiting is familiar ground for the young Tennessee family that has tried virtually every pharmaceutical fix available, traveled 1,300 miles to get here and waited more than two months for what may be their best and final hope: cannabis.
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