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This means that cannabis plants with concentrations of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) — the main psychoactive chemical in weed — of 0.3 percent or lower would not technically be considered marijuana, and thus be legal for use.

H.R. 5226 gets its name from Charlotte Figi, a 7-year-old Colorado girl \nwith Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy. After years of debilitating seizures (as many as 1,200 seizures every month), her parents managed to \nsuccessfully treat her with a strain of \nhigh-CBD, low-THC medical cannabis called \"Charlotte's Web.\"

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