Would you give your child medical marijuana?

[sludge factory]

I watched 20/20 last night, and they did a story on parents giving their kids medical marijuana for OCD, and other problems.


http://abcnews.go.com/2020/MindMoodNews/marijuana-alternative-treatment-children-ocd-autism/story?id=11227283

There's 4 pages on it, and a vid. I tried looking for the whole video on it, but nothing came up except this.


Tell me what you think?

 

[sludge factory]

I'll start.


i would definitely give my kid medical marijuana if they had a psychological problem.

i just think that a lot of people wouldn't give pot to their kids because a lot of them think "oh, it's a gateway drug."


it's bullshit. Pot isn't as terrible as this stupid society was brainwashed to believe.

 

[gogrow]

Not sure how to correctly answer, because my kids arent there, but I do know that I would MUCH rather my children smoking the weed I grow rather than being on a host of pharmaceuticals.

 

[W Dragon]

this seems a little like the witch doctor approach? i think if the doctor said it was a good idea then maybe, but otherwise giving your children mind altering drugs at a young age i think is dangerous especially if you don't understand the problem properly remember treating the symptons isn't the same as treating the problem!!!! another problem with youngsters taking drugs is that they will want bigger better experiences which is why most turn to harder drugs in experimenting, i think you need to be of an age where you can define the differences mentally and way up the risks involved if your for example 13yr old has been ingesting or smoking cannabis for a while the tolerance is gonna build up and then what experiment with friends for a better longer high? myself and friends started smoking cannabis quiet young and although most of us were happy some wanted more and more to the point of serious class A's luckily most of our group experimented and it went no further but it wasn't the case for all and now those friends are (were) junkies. i'm not saying that it's because of cannabis what i'm saying is that they weren't mature enough to look at the big picture weed was great the others for the price must be better was the mentality and unfortunately with some drugs after taking them a couple of times they were hooked, luckily out of the 1's that took the wrong road only 1 is lost to us and the other 2 have learned a very valuable lesson that stole years from them as well as what innocence they had left. i love weed and will as far as i can tell always smoke it but in my mind children shouldn't, mind altering substances while your still developing are never a good idea unless their is a doctor to monitor the results. i think taking it upon yourself to give children a mind altering drug without being a doctor or physciatrist should land you up in prison for a long time simply because you believe your helping doesn't mean that you are and a child for the most part isn't going to know any difference just remember it's not your body and therefore i don't think your right to guide your child towards something simply because you believe it.
that's the polite version the other goes any dickhead encouraging children to take any type of drug prescription or otherwise if not prescribed to them should be beaten to within an inch of their lives and put behind bars and have those children taken away from them!!!!!!!!!

 

[gogrow]

this seems a little like the witch doctor approach? i think if the doctor said it was a good idea then maybe, but otherwise giving your children mind altering drugs at a young age i think is dangerous especially if you don't understand the problem properly remember treating the symptons isn't the same as treating the problem!!!! another problem with youngsters taking drugs is that they will want bigger better experiences which is why most turn to harder drugs in experimenting, i think you need to be of an age where you can define the differences mentally and way up the risks involved if your for example 13yr old has been ingesting or smoking cannabis for a while the tolerance is gonna build up and then what experiment with friends for a better longer high? myself and friends started smoking cannabis quiet young and although most of us were happy some wanted more and more to the point of serious class A's luckily most of our group experimented and it went no further but it wasn't the case for all and now those friends are (were) junkies. i'm not saying that it's because of cannabis what i'm saying is that they weren't mature enough to look at the big picture weed was great the others for the price must be better was the mentality and unfortunately with some drugs after taking them a couple of times they were hooked, luckily out of the 1's that took the wrong road only 1 is lost to us and the other 2 have learned a very valuable lesson that stole years from them as well as what innocence they had left. i love weed and will as far as i can tell always smoke it but in my mind children shouldn't, mind altering substances while your still developing are never a good idea unless their is a doctor to monitor the results. i think taking it upon yourself to give children a mind altering drug without being a doctor or physciatrist should land you up in prison for a long time simply because you believe your helping doesn't mean that you are and a child for the most part isn't going to know any difference just remember it's not your body and therefore i don't think your right to guide your child towards something simply because you believe it.
that's the polite version the other goes any dickhead encouraging children to take any type of drug prescription or otherwise if not prescribed to them should be beaten to within an inch of their lives and put behind bars and have those children taken away from them!!!!!!!!!

you really have no clue about our pharmacuetical system do you ?

 

[StonedBlownSkiller]

I would have to say that I would rather my child take Medicinal marijuana rather than be a guinie pig for some up and coming drug. Half of the drugs on the market are there because physicians are givin these drugs for cheaper costs so that information can be obtained about said drug. thats how they get the famouse list of "may cause stomache ache, weight loss, blurred vision, diareah, numbness and in some cases death has been recorded". you know they aint takin it to see what it does. And neither is my child. If its gonna work thats different but Im not gonna have my child ran as a test dummy.
If medicinal marijuana was the key, than MJ it will be.

 

[mconn333]

yea man i would let my kids use med, they ingest it rather than smoke it so no lung probs. my cousin is 10 and has crazy bad adhd(says the doc), the doc hinted pot brownies could help. unc whip up a batch for the kid and he hasnt taken his aderil in about 3 months and is very well behaved and for those of u about to say "thats because he is high all day. which technically he is but not like a recreational user is high, the kid gets 1/4 brownie in the morning and same before bed, so no hes not a toasted little 10 yr old

 

[StonedBlownSkiller]

yea man i would let my kids use med, they ingest it rather than smoke it so no lung probs. my cousin is 10 and has crazy bad adhd(says the doc), the doc hinted pot brownies could help. unc whip up a batch for the kid and he hasnt taken his aderil in about 3 months and is very well behaved and for those of u about to say "thats because he is high all day. which technically he is but not like a recreational user is high, the kid gets 1/4 brownie in the morning and same before bed, so no hes not a toasted little 10 yr old

cant argue with results.

 

[W Dragon]

not in the states mate no (uk), i suffer with crones disease very severely and it will cut my life short and has nearly finished me off twice already and i smoke to relieve the pain as i have tried just about everything they can throw at me as well as having had several major ops and several small 1's so i know what prescription tabs and their side effects are capable of and still i wouldn't let my child smoke til they were of an age were they were able to make educated decisions i know this will change with each and every child and obviously the circumstances that surround said child but unless your a professional that can monitor both the physical and physiological effects i still have to say no.
on the other hand if your talking about quality of life and your child is suffering and nothing can be done then it becomes more of a question of responsibility and i have nothing to say on the matter because i wouldn't see my child suffer under any circumstances but other than that without specifics i still say no go to the doctor like every1 else does

 

[Total Head]

although it is likely the lesser of several evils, i would be concerned at what effect it might have on a growing brain, and a so-called "defective" brain at that. i don't know if i could jump on any bandwagon calling for pot for stuff like add, ocd, or other "mental based" disorders. pain, wasting syndrome, ect. are things i would feel a little better about if the child was physically suffering. the doses are likely to be much more strictly controlled and i would like to think the likelihood of abuse would be pretty low. what i don't want to see is it being used as another "sit down shut up" drug that only serves to relieve the adults.

 

[W Dragon]

my apologies maybe i could have phrased some of that better like total head has in the post above

 

[wiseguy316]

I think it would depend on the severity of the issue and most certainly the age of the child. brain isn't fullt devoloped and could do more harm than good.

 

[gogrow]

why is nobody concerned with what effect pharms could have on our children??? why do most people blindly trust doctors???

 

[jfgordon1]

Depends what the problem is... Wouldn't want my (future?) child doing any type of drugs until mid/late teens. Not for, nor against this idea. However, marijuana > pharms

 

[jfgordon1]

why is nobody concerned with what effect pharms could have on our children??? why do most people blindly trust doctors???

Because they went to school for 7 years But seriously, docs are almost always going to be on the pharms side of medication. They take them golfing...they get the benefits out of prescribing meds to patients. Why would the doc send you to the streets to pick up some "dope" when he doesn't receive anything for it? ... just doesn't happen (very often anyway )

 

[gogrow]

Depends what the problem is... Wouldn't want my (future?) child doing any type of drugs until mid/late teens. Not for, nor against this idea. However, marijuana > pharms

havent talked to you in awhile how's life?

I agree that most people dont want their kids to do drugs, but at the same time, most people will fill their children with any pill that the dr. prescribes without so much as a question. Is anyone familiar with the ADD "tests" that the docs give to our children??? There's not much medical/scientific base behind that, yet they are dolling out amphetamines by the ton to our nations children.... and last time I checked, the common pov on meth is alot worse that cannabis

 

[gogrow]

Because they went to school for 7 years But seriously, docs are almost always going to be on the pharms side of medication. They take them golfing...they get the benefits out of prescribing meds to patients. Why would the doc send you to the streets to pick up some "dope" when he doesn't receive anything for it? ... just doesn't happen (very often anyway )

on that rationale, I've done massive quantities of all types of drugs, and been researching many of them for 15yrs..... does that make me a professional?

 

[wiseguy316]

why is nobody concerned with what effect pharms could have on our children??? why do most people blindly trust doctors???

doctors can be held accountable , who is the kid going to sue if a parent makes a mistake.

 

[W Dragon]

why is nobody concerned with what effect pharms could have on our children??? why do most people blindly trust doctors???

because for the most part here in the uk the pharms are regulated and heavily tested before they get to us and as for trusting doctors they spend the better part of a decade doing nothing but learning about our health problems and the best way to sort them out i know not all prescription drugs are good and that some have very bad side effects i can vouch for this personally, but given the choice would i let you decide whats best for me or a trained professional that spends a decade learning from other great knowledgeable professionals before they can even leave the classroom? it's not a hard decision in my book until you have their qualifications and have dedicated years of your life learning and studying your simply a noob with an idea, i know that doesn't sound nice but you gotta look at the big picture do you know as much as they do and can identify the problems that are occurring both above and below the surface??? i highly doubt it, i'm not trying to sound horrible here but it is the witch doctor approach even if it works for a small time doesn't mean it's a long term fix and could have possible mental health consequences down the line. there's a reason were not all high paid doctors and it isn't just the time involved you have to have a massive understanding about the human body and what happens wehn adding substances to it

 

[gogrow]

doctors can be held accountable , who is the kid going to sue if a parent makes a mistake.

do some research on dr/pharm. lawsuits..... suing your doctor or the pharm. company AND winning is almost a thing of the past.... now we have "off label uses" and such, that effectively give dr.s immunity except in extreme cases.