Michigan – The state of Michigan has denied the use of medicinal marijuana to treat autism. A panel conformed mostly of doctors voted to add autism to the group on conditions qualifying to apply medical marijuana. They analyzed all the evidence compiled by the petitioner Lisa Smith’s team and evaluated the character of the testimony they heard from parents with sick children. The panel agreed to add autism to the list.
The decision had been followed for three years of efforts by parents of autistic children to have Michigan became the first state to use medicinal marijuana to treat autism.
Controversies…
Michigan voters on 2008 approved medicinal marijuana with a 63%. Having the approval of the community and a panel of doctors with evidence asking to add autism in the list of treatable illnesses with marijuana, it didn’t seem enough for the Director of the state’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Mike Zimmer, who obtained the position in December.
In his defense, Zimmer claims that people would apply to use medicinal marijuana for autism. His concern is based on the possibility of cannabis treatments may spread to more children than he feels appropriate. Another concern of the Director is the forms of medication being given to the children by parents themselves.
The medicinal marijuana laws do not cover the non-smoked ways of consumption. Zimmer is well aware about the 55 children who are currently in the Medical Marijuana Program (MMP), who are using these non-smoked forms; he hopes that figure not to grow. The Director also stated that permitting the use of medicinal marijuana for treating autism will do extra hurt than good to troubled autistic youngsters.
Source: USA Today
It is a MORAL IMPERATIVE that Medical Marijuana be immediately legalized in all 50 states.
For Cancer patients, for kids suffering from Seizures, and for so many others, safe, legal, access to Medical Marijuana is a matter of life and death.
Ask any American who’s gone through Chemotherapy who’s used it.
There’s a great article in the July 22nd special issue of Newsweek on CANCER, titled
“Marijuana is a Wonder Drug for when it comes to the horrors of Chemo”
According to a 2014 poll, 82% of Oncologists felt that Medical Marijuana should be included as a treatment option.
Ask the parents of any American kid with a seizure disorder who’s life its saved.
They need a special kind of Marijuana oil that’s impossible to get in the 27 states that don’t have Medical Marijuana, and for their kids, its a matter of life and death.
We need the President to cut through the red tape and take personal action on this issue right now. We need Congress to pass the CARERS act too. Americans are suffering and dying — needlessly!
Please call the whitehouse comment line at (202) 456-1111 and ask that the President have Marijuana removed from Schedule 1, You can email the President by going to whitehouse.gov and clicking on “contact us”
Call and email your Senators and Representative, and ask that they pass the CARERS act — IMMEDIATELY.
Call and email every day, and ask everyone you know to call and email every day, and to keep calling, and keep emailing, for however long it takes, until the President, Congress or both take action.
Please do everything you can to get as many people as possible to call and email and to keep on calling and emailing, every single day.
Do everything you can to help with this effort.
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With luck the effort will go viral.
The lives of countless Americans depend on it.