Should children be treated with cannabis for medical conditions? That's the hotly debated question in Oregon, where a seven-year-old girl is suffering from an aggressive strain of leukemia.
According to an article in Jezebel, chemotherapy makes Mykayla Comstock violently ill and keeping her up all night. To ease her pain, the girl's mother sometimes rustles up a drug-laced brownie or ginger snap, or pot in pill form.
The drug use is a prickly issue for the Comstock family. And it doesn't sit well with Mykala's dad, who worries about the side effects on his daughter's developing brain.
The law, however, stands behind Mykayla—who is one of more than 2,000 cancer patients permitted to 'use' by the State of Oregon.
As part of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program, 52 children with "qualifying medical condition, parental consent, and a doctor's approval" are authorized to dope up for pain relief.
Legal or not, many people find the girl's prescription—up to 1.2 grams of cannabis oil a day, or around ten joints—hard to swallow.
Even though the pills make Mykayla "feel funny," she insists that the herbal medicine helps her eat and sleep.
Right? Wrong? What's your take on medical Mary J for children?
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