Mom Gives Autistic Child Medical Marijuana
by Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director
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.
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I say if it helps the child great!!!!
For pain, anxiety and aggression.
Wonderful. I'm sending these two articles to other moms of autistic kids I know. Very worthwhile information.
As the mother of an autistic child, I'd be curious to know what specific autism issues can be addressed with cannabis , and how it works. I certainly wouldn't write off a worthwhile treatment if there is good evidence for its efficacy.