Micah Jensen’s mom noticed something was wrong after his third birthday.

The little boy forgot how to go potty. He hadn’t learned many words, but his vocabulary became even more limited. He would line up his toy cars in a row and just stare at them. Then the epileptic seizures began. And he became violent, sometimes slapping his sister and throwing things at walls.

Micah, as it turned out, suffered from autism. He’s now a 12-year-old boy growing up in League City. After years of research, his mother has come to the conclusion there’s a well-known treatment that could help reduce his seizures: medicinal cannabis, also known as medical marijuana.

But besides his epilepsy, Micah has another problem. He’s a Texan.Our state has legalized one type of medical cannabis for a limited range of patients. Three years ago, lawmakers passed and the governor signed a historic piece of legislation making Texas the 29th state permitting doctors to prescribe this drug. But as Chronicle reporter Ileana Najarro has documented in a series of stories, the law is so restrictive that medical marijuana is out of reach for countless people whose suffering could be alleviated by this relatively inexpensive drug. Our Legislature needs to revisit this issue in its next session and make medical cannabis more broadly available to Texas patients. [Read more @Houston Chronicle]