Rylie Maedler

Rylie Maedler (born December 7, 2005 After researching alternative solutions, in December 2013, Janie Maedler began treating her daughter using cannabis oil, which at the time was illegal for minors and illegal without prescription in Delaware, acquiring CBD and THC-A oil from dispensaries in other states. Rylie Maedler's tumors began shrinking and her condition stabilized. Maedler and her mother contacted Republican state senator for Delaware Ernesto Lopez to help make medical cannabis legal for children in the state.

Introduced by Lopez and co-sponsored by Pete Schwartzkopf, Senate Bill 90, also known was "Rylie's Law", was passed by the Delaware Senate unanimously on June 2, 2015. The bill permitted the use of cannabis based oils to treat epilepsy and dystonia in children. "Rylie's Law" was approved in the House on June 11 and signed into law by the Governor on June 23. On June 9, 2016, Senate Bill 181 was passed unanimously by the Delaware Senate unanimously, allowing students to use prescribed cannabis oil in schools, also advocated for by Maedler, who had to walk off school grounds to take her own medicine. It passed the House on June 16 and was signed into law by the Governor on September 7.

In December 2017, Rylie's Smile Foundation succeeded in petitioning for autism to be added to the list of qualifying conditions for access to medical cannabis in Delaware.

Rylie's Sunshine In July 2017, Maedler founded Rylie's Sunshine, a for-profit company to produce cannabis oil.