Cannabis and kids: Some Boulder County parents say marijuana has helped their children. Stephanie Smith gives her son, Paul Borden-Smith, 3, a dose of cannabidiol, a low-THC, cannabis-infused oil, at their home in Louisville.
For more photos and a video, visit www.dailycamera.com. (MARK LEFFINGWELL / Daily Camera) Texas’ pot laws remain strict as some relocate to help ailing kids. After calling Texas home for 30-plus years, Amber Loew plans to move her family in March from near Houston to Colorado Springs. Her 3-year-old, Hannah, has Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy that causes her more than 50 seizures a day. “She’s gone into respiratory failure twice at home in the last six weeks,” Loew said. “We’ve tried just about everything.
Parents move to Colorado for 'miracle' pot for children. Greta Botker has been through more adversity in her short life than most adults.
At the age of 7, she's sampled a host of medications for her epilepsy: Onfi, Depakote, Felbatol, Keppra and Prednisone. She's been on strict diets. She's had brain surgery. Nothing reduced the 15 or so seizures she had every day since she was 5 months old that kept her from walking steadily, feeding herself or talking. Is medical marijuana safe for children? Marijuana has shown anti-cancer activity in many early studiesExperts warn that the effects of the drug on child development are unknownMarijuana can be addictive, but addiction rates are often lower than opioids (TIME.com) -- Like some cancer patients in states where it's allowed, Mykayla Comstock uses cannabis as part of her treatment.
Medical Marijuana for Kids? WIKIMEDIA, LAURIE AVOCADOLauren Scott has been fighting undifferentiated soft tissue sarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, for more than 3 years.
After a brief period of remission, Lauren’s cancer, in recent months, spread to her lungs, where a large and inoperable tumor makes daily activity, and sometimes breathing, difficult. Minn. family moves to Colo. for medical marijuana. CLINTON, Minn. -- Big Stone County, on Minnesota's far western edge, is home to not a single stoplight.
Here, the Botker family farm is more lonesome than ever. Mark and Maria Botker's quest to gain medical marijuana to treat their daughter's epilepsy has forced their family of five 800 miles apart. Next month, they will become front and center of a controversial debate over whether to legalize medical marijuana in Minnesota. Another Minnesota family from Brainerd moved to Colorado this month to gain the same access for their daughter, and two more families are already planning the move.
Medical marijuana is legal in 20 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, but momentum builds as six more states confront the issue again this year, including Minnesota. Local family calls for Pa. legalization of medical marijuana - heraldstandard.com: New Today. A Connellsville family is on a mission to educate residents in Fayette County about the benefits of medical marijuana.
Families with sick children flock to Colorado to try cannabis treatments. Cannabis and kids: Some Boulder County parents say marijuana has helped their children. Florida lawmakers considering child access to medical marijuana. Florida is one state where medical marijuana laws have not been passed.
That may change at the polls this fall, but in the meantime, lawmakers could pass a bill that would allow certain children to have access to a specific type of marijuana treatment. Charlotte’s Web is a unique strain of marijuana that earned its name from one of its most staunch supporters: 7-year-old Charlotte Figi. Charlotte has a seizure disorder known as Dravet syndrome. It’s this debilitating disease that left her in a medically-induced stupor for several of the first years of her life. At its worst, Charlotte was having as many as 300 grand mal seizures each day. It wasn’t until her parents heard about treating seizures with cannabis that they saw a glimmer of hope. Now popular in Colorado, marijuana oil has long success history that's often been ignored.
One night in 1839, a woman knocked at the door of a British Army doctor named William O'Shaughnessy who was stationed in India.
The woman's infant was having seizures and needed help. The doctor tried several 19th-century remedies, including opium and leeches, but the convulsions grew worse over several days until the baby stopped eating and was convulsing almost constantly. Not knowing what else to do, the doctor tried hemp, which the locals used as medicine. Florida parents of epileptic children plead, lobby for medical marijuana. Parents say Florida lawmakers should open the door to a promising strain of marijuana that is low in psychoactive properties but high in the compounds needed to control seizures in their children.
There isn't a day that goes by that Danielle and Seth Hyman don't live in fear that one of the epileptic seizures that course through their daughter dozens of times daily could be the one that kills her. "At any given time, my little angel could be taken to heaven,'' said Seth Hyman of Weston. His 8-year-old daughter Rebecca suffers from a rare genetic disorder that results in hearing loss, visual impairment, frequent daily seizures and requires her to be fed through a feeding tube to supplement her nutrition. For years, the couple tried powerful medications to control the frequent, often silent, seizures but the toxins weakened their daughter's organs and produced little improvement.
The medical breakthrough came just over a year ago. "Our businesses are here. Families with Seizure-Prone Kids Relocating to Colo. for Pot Access. Marijuana Strain Saves 5-Year-Old Girl from Dying of Dravet Syndrome in the US : US. By Jorge Calvillo (staff@latinospost.com) | First Posted: Feb 20, 2014 07:46 AM EST (Photo: Archive, Reuters) At a time when the debate on the decriminalization and regulation of cannabis seems to have reached never seen before levels, the story of a five year old girl whose life was allegedly saved by a medicinal strain might bring the debate on the therapeutic uses of marijuana back to the spotlight in the U.S., where a dozen states currently allow its use to alleviate the symptoms of various diseases.
Like Us on Facebook Seven year old Charlotte Figi has survived Dravet Syndrome, a strange genetic disorder that is not treatable with medicine and which causes severe epilepsy attacks which might cost those who suffer the disease their lives, thanks to a marijuana strain that does not alter the perception of its users. Kid with seizures uses pot as treatment. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
(AP) — The doctors were out of ideas to help 5-year-old Charlotte Figi. Why we give our five-year old daughter marijuana. AOL On A desperate mum bought medical marijuana for her five-year-old daughter because doctors were at a loss about how to treat her rare and severe form of epilepsy. Charlotte Figi had her first seizure when she was just three months old.
She was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called Dravet syndrome, which often kills children before they reach adulthood. Despite constant medical attention Charlotte's condition worsened. By the age of three, she was suffering from as many as 300 seizures a week. Hundreds of families moving to Colorado for medical marijuana - www.ktnv.com. CREATED Feb. 17, 2014 Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- It's being called the Pot Pilgrimage. Hundreds of families are moving to Colorado from different states-- including Nevada-- to get medical marijuana. The problem: they should be able to get it in Nevada because it's legal, but with no place to buy it, Nevadans are left in limbo. Pot Amendment Puts Cloud Over Anti-Seizure Marijuana Debate. Get Breaking News First Receive News, Politics, and Entertainment Headlines Each Morning.
Sign Up TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — Backers of a non-euphoric strain of cannabis that helps reduce seizures in children aren’t giving up on a legislative fix, but the politics of pot could make their uphill battle even steeper. A sharply divided Florida Supreme Court on Monday approved a ballot initiative that would allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana, rejecting arguments from Attorney General Pam Bondi, Republican legislative leaders and others that the proposal was misleading and would give doctors broad discretion over who would qualify for the pot.
CLAYTON: Medical marijuana last resort for some families. CLAYTON, N.C. - Zora Carlin has been on 12 different medications to help her cope with Dravet syndrome. Parents Eye Drug With Marijuana Component to Treat Child Epilepsy. The little victories of motherhood are more rare for Kate Hintz than they are for other moms.
Meet The Children Who Rely On Marijuana To Survive. Marijuana grower says medical trial is needed. A MAN who supplies medicinal marijuana around Australia says he may end up back in prison unless a medical cannabis trial is approved. Florida Bill Would Allow Medical Marijuana For Child Seizures : Shots - Health News. Eight Year Old's Parents: "Our Daughter Needs Medical Marijuana" February 20, 2014Updated Feb 20, 2014 at 2:27 AM EDT (WKBW)Orchard Park, NY It's a frightening and all too familiar scene in the Conte house, eight year old Anna Conte having an epileptic seizure in her Orchard Park home.
"Typical seizures usually last less than a minute these can be up to 2 hours," said her mother Wendy Conte. Marijuana stops child's severe seizures. Charlotte Figi had her first seizure when she was 3 months old. Over the next few months, the girl, affectionately called Charlie, had frequent seizures lasting two to four hours, and she was hospitalized repeatedly. By the time she was 3, Charlotte was having up to 300 grand mal seizures every week. Eventually she lost the ability to walk, talk and eat. Utah Doctors Endorse Legalizing Medical Cannabis For Children’s Epilepsy. Courtesy of The Joint Blog.