re: Parents of teenage boy face prison, fines for treating his seizures with marijuana

I have a son who was diagnosed with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. He's in his early thirties now and controls it through getting proper rest and sleep, exercise, staying away from drinking more than one or two alcoholic drinks and then just on occasion. He also takes the drug Depakote.

He tried the marijuana route for a while, but it negatively impacted his ability to work and think critically, and was more expensive overall anyway, than using the drug.

Different results for different people. I'm glad the kids in the story was not experiencing seizures while using it, but this also shows the absurdity of state laws against medical use.

The FDA just a month ago approved a new drug, derived from cannabis, that is to treat epilepsy and seizures. Finally! It would be the very first FDA approved prescription drug use of cannabis to treat illnesses.

NYTimes, but not fake news.