Qin D, Ouyang Z, Luo W. Bell's palsy is a peripheral facial palsy of sudden onset. The etiology of Bell's palsy is unknown and hereditary components may play a role in familial recurrent Bell's palsy. We report three families in which eight patients had a total of 12 episodes of typical Bell's palsy.
Oklahoma has been reluctant to allow any legal use of marijuana, be it medical or otherwise, but attitudes and opinions are slowly changing with the increase of scientific research revealing the therapeutic benefits of the plant.
Marijuana's use by qualifying patients had been quasi-legal in Colorado for almost a decade, since voters amended the state constitution in 2000 to allow it. But there were no statewide regulations governing its sale and distribution. The federal ban still trumps Colorado's state law, but enforcement was light.