{"id":6310,"date":"2018-02-08T14:09:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T19:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/?p=6310"},"modified":"2019-08-08T12:43:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T16:43:02","slug":"can-medical-marijuana-benefit-people-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/?p=6310","title":{"rendered":"Can Medical Marijuana Benefit People With Autism?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can Medical Marijuana Benefit People With Autism?<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s helping with several conditions that get slim to no relief from prescription medication, but can medical marijuana benefit people with autism as well?<\/p>\n

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By Burgess Powell<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cannabis has a growing list of medical applications and promising new research. Many families are asking: Can medical marijuana benefit people with autism? To date, marijuana is a proven treatment for\u00a0epilepsy<\/a>, Alzheimer\u2019s,\u00a0PMS<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0stops the spread of cancer cells<\/a>. Though these conditions are diverse, marijuana treats many of their like symptoms, including anxiety and pain. Researchers in Israel are hoping medical marijuana will benefit people with autism as well.<\/div>\n
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Families Turn To Marijuana For Help With Autism<\/h2>\n

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Prescription medication for the management of autism is largely ineffective. Though conditions vary, autism results in difficulty with social interaction, repetition, and distinctive strengths and weaknesses. These symptoms range from mild to severe. However, they always have an impact on the lives of those living with autism as well as their families.<\/p>\n

In many cases, prescription medication causes harmful side effects. Orange County resident and mother,\u00a0Mieko Hester-Perez<\/a>\u00a0tried over 13 ineffective traditional treatments for her ten-year-old son, Joey, who is affected by autism. With one daily medical marijuana brownie, Joey almost instantly regained his appetite and became less anxious.<\/p>\n

He even began playing with his toys and attempting to communicate. Two activities he previously hadn\u2019t enjoyed as a consequence of his autism. Hopeful with such results, parents like Hester-Perez are campaigning California to officially list autism as a condition treated by medical marijuana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hester-Perez was\u00a0interviewed on Good Morning America<\/a>\u00a0and runs a\u00a0nonprofit\u00a0<\/a>dedicated to treating autism with medical marijuana.<\/p>\n

Benefits Of Marijuana On Autism<\/h2>\n

Israel is known for its tolerant attitude towards marijuana following the legalization of medical marijuana in 1992.\u00a0Abigail Dar<\/a>, the mother of Yuval, a 24-year-old man with autism, conducts research on marijuana and autism. She described traditional medicine in a less-than-positive way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey just give us medication hoping it will give an answer, which it doesn\u2019t,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Like many parents, Dar worries about the side effects of prescription medication as well as the hostility and anxiety that can come along with autism. After researching and deciding on a strain of cannabis, Dar administered Yuval\u2019s first dose.<\/p>\n

She describes this initial experience with medical marijuana as \u201ca miracle.\u201d Yuval\u2019s aggression and anxiety diminished immediately after beginning treatment.<\/p>\n

Final Hit: Can Medical Marijuana Benefit People With Autism?<\/h2>\n

Due to the variety of strains available, the American Academy of Pediatrics does not maintain that medical marijuana is a treatment for autism. They argue that different strains have distinct side effects, so you can\u2019t ensure its safety.<\/p>\n

Another concern may be that autism is a spectrum, so treatment cannot be \u201cone size fits all.\u201d More research could solve the uncertainty surrounding medical marijuana and autism.<\/p>\n

While medical marijuana as a treatment for autism remains difficult to obtain in the US, Israel already launched\u00a0the first clinical trial<\/a>\u00a0to test marijuana\u2019s impact on people suffering from autism.<\/p>\n

This makes Israel one of three countries\u2014including Canada and the Netherlands\u2014with government-run medical marijuana programs. Autism affects approximately 1 in 68 children, and many families are championing marijuana\u2019s results. Instead of asking,\u00a0can<\/em>\u00a0medical marijuana benefit people with autism, we should be researching\u00a0why<\/em>\u00a0it does.<\/p>\n

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Can Medical Marijuana Benefit People With Autism? It\u2019s helping with several conditions that get slim to no relief from prescription medication, but can medical marijuana benefit people with autism as well? Published February 8, 2018 By Burgess Powell Cannabis has a growing list of medical applications and promising new research. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6310","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\/6310","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=6310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}