article_snippet.sent: Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill Thursday that will legalize low-THC cannabis oil for certain "medication-resistant epilepsies," while creating an infrastructure, registration process and research program for the drug.
article_snippet.sent: a medical marijuana bill is dubbed Haleigh's Hope Act.
article_snippet.sent: Haleigh, who has been the face of a medical marijuana bill, was having hundreds of seizures a day and the five potent drugs meant to control hundreds of seizures a day weren't making life better for the little girl.
article_snippet.sent: There, Haleigh began a regimen of cannabis oil: four times a day and once at night.
article_snippet.sent: So I think we've turned some nonbelievers into believers of cannabis oil.
article_snippet.sent: Deal is apparently one of those believers, signing HB1 on Thursday and opening the door for the use of cannabis oil to treat certain medical conditions.
highlights_snippet.sent: Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signs a medical marijuana bill .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: a medical marijuana bill is inspired by Haleigh Cox, a 5-year-old whose seizures threatened her life .