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Monday, November 23, 2009

Medical Marijuana for Under 18s

the New York Times reports on a new patient population for this controversal treatment.


Several Bay Area [California] doctors who recommend medical marijuana for their patients said in recent interviews that their client base had expanded to include teenagers with psychiatric conditions including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
“It’s not everybody’s medicine, but for some, it can make a profound difference,” said Valerie Corral, a founder of the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana, a patients’ collective in Santa Cruz that has two dozen minors as registered clients. Read about it here.