clipped from article: The parents of a severely autistic eleven year old boy, Alex Echols have taken to administering their son medical marijuana in an effort to curb self destructive rants. It has now offered the beleaguered family a second chance after having earlier sent their son to a state funded group home.
Tells Jeremy Echols, the boy’s father to local media outlet kptv:“It was indescribable, it was horrifying. When you’ve got no other options, are you honestly gonna say no?”
So bad was the boys fits growing up that they would involve him head butting his head agains the wall until his entire face was black and blue.
At one point Alex’s parents even bought him a protective helmet as well being forced to offer him mood altering drugs to combat the violent seizures before finally relenting and taking him to a home when he turned eight.
Yet after watching a television news story about a California woman who was using medical marijuana to treat her autistic son. The Echols researched Oregon’s medical marijuana program, and in 2010, a doctor approved Alex for medical marijuana use.
Alex is now one of 58 minors currently protected under the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act. While autism is not a qualifying medical condition like cancer or severe pain, in Alex’s case, his seizures were. [read more at link]
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