Christie said he’d decide by Friday if he will sign the bill passed by the legislature. Christie confronted on medical pot

Chris Christie was publicly confronted by a New Jersey father who implored the governor not to “let my daughter die” while the governor makes a decision on a medical marijuana bill, CBS New York reports.

“Please don’t let my daughter die, Governor. Don’t let my daughter die,” Brian Wilson told Gov. Christie on Wednesday at a diner in Scotch Plains, N.J. Wilson says a certain strain of medical marijuana helps treat his 2-year-old daughter’s symptoms from Dravet Syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy.


“I was wondering what the holdup is. It’s been like two months now,” Wilson asked Christie in front of a gaggle of cameras and reporters.

“These are complicated issues,” Christie said.

“Very simple issue,” Wilson said back.

“No, I know you think it’s simple … I know you think it’s simple and it’s not,” Christie said.

At the end of their exchange, Christie told Wilson he’d decide by Friday if he will sign the bill passed by the legislature in June.

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“I’ll have a decision by Friday. I wish for the best for you, your daughter and your family and I’m going to do what I think is best for the people of the state,” Christie said.

The medical marijuana bill strictly determines what can be administered and requires three different doctors to sign off on the prescriptions for their kids.

“I’m concerned about expanding the program. And I want to make sure that if we do it, we do it in a way that is helpful to children, does not reduce any of the requirements of the program; to make sure this does not go down a slippery slope of broadening the program and making it easier (for unqualified people) to get marijuana,” Christie said in July on his monthly “Ask the Governor” radio show.