{"id":6188,"date":"2018-02-07T21:08:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T02:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/?p=6188"},"modified":"2019-08-08T12:43:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T16:43:59","slug":"medical-marijuana-used-treat-autism-related-disorders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/?p=6188","title":{"rendered":"Medical marijuana used to treat autism-related disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medical marijuana used to treat autism-related disorders<\/h1>\n
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Michael Williams<\/address>\n
10:56 PM, Feb 5, 2018<\/div>\n
2:43 PM, Feb 6, 2018<\/div>\n
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PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Abigail Dar\u2019s son, Yuval, is 24-years-old, and she\u00a0says he is severely autistic.<\/p>\n

Mollie Ryckman Barrett\u2019s youngest daughter, Sumer, is 13-years-old and has Asperger Syndrome. This is the story of two moms looking for answers to help their children.<\/p>\n

“Medication helps, at times. Sumer, who is doing well in seventh grade, takes two of them,” Barrett said.\u00a0\u201cOne helps her focus with her brain and one relaxes her brain a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Always, though, there is the nagging worry. \u201cHow safe really is the medication we are giving our children today?\u201d asked Barrett.<\/p>\n

Dar gave her autistic son higher and higher doses of pharmaceutical prescription medications for years in a bid to control his anxiety and aggressiveness.<\/p>\n

Dar complained, \u201cThey just give medication hoping it will give an answer, which it doesn\u2019t, and I get my kid crazier and crazier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amidst that frustration, Dar had\u00a0an alternative within reach.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael is much more liberal regarding medical cannabis,\u201d said Dar.<\/p>\n

Dar spoke from her home outside Tel Aviv,\u00a0Israel, where she is at the forefront of medical marijuana research. She remembered, \u201cI gave him (Yuval) his first dose and it was a miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dose she talked about was a strain of medical cannabis she and her son\u2019s psychiatrist settled on after trial and error. Yuval became calmer, less anxious, more attentive. \u201cIt\u2019s a game changer,\u201d Abigail said, \u201cit gave us quality of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barrett\u00a0wants the same opportunity for her daughter, but their home in West Palm Beach is far removed from the access, and attitudes, available in Israel.<\/p>\n

Barrett\u00a0said, \u201cWe should have a right to decide in our home what is in the best interest of our children, what is the safest alternative option for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

She hopes to someday use cannabis derived oils for Sumer, but her child\u2019s doctor does not agree with idea. \u201cHe just says,\u201d Barrett recalled, \u201cthat he doesn\u2019t feel it\u2019s a safe option and she seems OK\u00a0on her medicine and there really are no side effects.\u201d<\/p>\n

The American Academy of Pediatrics does not support medical marijuana use for autism-related disorders. One big issue, experts say, is the fact that there are many strains of cannabinoids in marijuana.<\/p>\n

Dr. Norina\u00a0Ocampo is a South Florida pediatrician. She told us, \u201cThe other issue is they think probably all these compounds work synergistically with each other to help, so how do you pick which one will be the right compound.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dar is working with Israeli doctors, pushing for much more extensive research on that prime question. She said, \u201cToday we have over 300 kids having access to medical cannabis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two loving moms from different worlds but with shared experiences,\u00a0both only asking that all medical options be on the table, as their children cope with life on the autism spectrum.<\/p>\n

Retrieved from: https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/region-c-palm-beach-county\/west-palm-beach\/autism-and-medical-marijuana-<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Medical marijuana used to treat autism-related disorders Michael Williams 10:56 PM, Feb 5, 2018 2:43 PM, Feb 6, 2018 PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Abigail Dar\u2019s son, Yuval, is 24-years-old, and she\u00a0says he is severely autistic. Mollie Ryckman Barrett\u2019s youngest daughter, Sumer, is 13-years-old and has Asperger Syndrome. This is …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cannabis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}