New York Medical Marijuana Law Excludes Some Seeking the Drug

When New York moves ahead with its planned legalization of medical marijuana for the chronically ill, Missy Miller's epileptic son Oliver will be left behind.   Oliver suffered a brain stem injury in utero and now, at 14, has hundreds of seizures a day. For months, his family has pinned their hopes on a strain of marijuana developed in Colorado that has helped children with similar conditions.   But under an executive order by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday making New...

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