Cannabis Controversy: Should Doctors Prescribe it to Kids?

Cannabis Controversy: Should Doctors Prescribe it to Kids?
January 8, 2016 summertreead

– CBCradio –

The Canadian Pediatric Society released a statement on the therapeutic treatment of children with cannabis this week which reads, in part, “There is little evidence supporting the use of medical cannabis in children and most front-line doctors should not be prescribing the drug to young people.” But many parents across Canada say that cannabis has been a huge help to their children – in particular, it’s been used to treat children who suffer severe epileptic seizures. Brent spoke to Dr. Michael Rieder, author of the CPS statement, and Mandy McKnight, the mother of a Liam, a 7-year-old boy living with a severe form of epilepsy. She says cannabis has reduced her son’s seizures from up to seventy per day to one this month.

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