Posts tagged cannabis and kids
Episode 309: The Remarkable Story Of An 11 Year Old Girl With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

River was healthy until the age of 11 when she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. After three rounds of chemotherapy she developed a rare fungal infection that led to meningitis, causing blindness along with other health issues. After nearly a year in hospital, doctors said she would not survive as there was nothing more they could do. But her mother refused to give up and began giving her daughter cannabis oil. Although still blind, two years later River is getting better. River's mother joins us from the UK to share her daughter's story.

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Episode 307: Weediatrics: A Powerful Documentary on Cannabis and Kids

What would you do if your child had extreme behavioural issues and conventional medicine only prescribed opiates? Would you try cannabis? This excellent documentary, "Weediatrics - A Covert Medical Mission", takes us behind the scenes to show the daily hardship that parents, living in illegal states, go through to secure medical cannabis to help their ailing child. The threat of being arrested, prison or having their child taken from them by Child Protection Services is not enough to stop these parents from doing anything and everything to help their child. It's powerful, emotional and a must see.

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Episode 288: Cannabis And Kids With A Medical Cannabis Nurse

When Vanessa Peck of Vermont was working in the ER, a young autistic boy was having behavioural problems. The boy's mother rejected conventional medication and gave her son CBD. Twenty minutes later the boy's behaviour was normal. That incident changed Vanessa's life forever and she now helps parents of kids with behavioural issues and recommends cannabis, primarily CBD.

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