Medical Marijuana: Why I Give My 9-Year Old Pot
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October 12, 2009
In the recent wake of Stiletto Stoners, comes part two of Marie Myung-Ok Lee’s brave and revealing account of how medical cannabis helps her autistic 9-year old son. Read part one here.
Marie and her son J. live in Rhode Island, a state where the legislators have both the chutzpah and foresight to have overridden two vetoes from the Governor (and pressure from the federal government anti-drug officials and law enforcement) in the last 24 moths to create the legal and public health framework necessary for Ms. Young and her physician to be able to effectively and safely treat J. with cannabis-oil cookies.
This essay, and others by women for whom cannabis plays an important role in their lives, are becoming more and more common in the mainstream media to the point where a forum or advisory body about ‘women and cannabis’ is certainly warranted.NORML wants to convene such a confab in 2010 and seeks input from cannabis consumers and the general public about what kind of topics should be discussed and who should the speakers be. Please send your suggestions and feedback to: conference@norml.org
This essay was originally published at Doublex.com.
53 Responses to “Medical Marijuana: Why I Give My 9-Year Old Pot”
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When I had surgery, I was prescribed a rather harsh pain reliever. It did help with the pain, but I was also extremely sick because of it. I was also angry and found that I had no appetite. I lost 10 pounds over the course of 10 days. I soon threw away the pain medication and started to administer healthy portions of cannabis to myself. The cannabis soothed my throat and help me regain an appetite. I believe that this plant is a miracle. I was happy to read such an enlightening article. It saddens me that this plant has such a high potential for medical use, but is not being used fully. What is stopping the government?!
I am glad to see that thanks to the sweet leaf this child is going to be given a new life. I had bad ADD as a child and when I started using the herb my grades went from F’s and D’s to B’s and A’s. If the government would get off their asses and see what this leaf can do, I think their would be a lot less causes of death from sickness and disease, think about how many deaths happen each year from them. We have a NATURAL cure, to cure the mind body and soul. Instead of prescribing pills full of toxins and acids, why don’t you prescribe a PLANT?! If the prescribed medical use of marijuana is not legal to the public of the United States by 2010, I have no idea what this nation is doing.
The problem is that he is only 9. My brother in law who is living with my husband and I is 23. Please, please, please be aware that anything you give your child now can come with problems he may develop later in life. My brother in law has been smoking marijuana for a long time now which his parents allowed for the same reason. However, while it helps his normal obsessive compulsive behavior and anxiety it cause him to be less social with his family, more aggressive and he smokes obsessively. He will buy a bag of weed, smoke it in one night so that he can scrape the pipe and smoke the resin. He has a full time job, but spends most of it on marijuana. Because he is an adult, he no longer has to listen to reason. He had no friends before, but the friends he has now are drug addicts and he has admitted to using more than just marijuana. Please, although marijuana sounds like the answer, it can backfire when your child becomes old enough to make decisions on his own. Children with disabilities are prime candidates for using marijuana as a “gateway” drug. Yes, I hate those commercials and adds too, but there is a reality to it. Please understand that I am all for the legalization of marijuana, but like all drugs it affects everyone differently, especially those with ASP.