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Last year, 12-year-old Ryan Mendoza's obsessive compulsive disorder became so bad, his mother said, that his triggers -- the wind and spotting the number "6" -- would drive him to have crippling and violent meltdowns.
Completely incapacitated by his disorder, the boy was not responding to numerous drug therapies and he became despondent, said Judy Mendoza. On one occasion, when she pulled into her driveway, Ryan ran out of the house, threw himself on the hood of her car, and begged her to kill him, she recalled.
If it's working for them then I don't see any problem with it. It's not any different then using prescription drugs (except for the fact that it's probably safer ).
I saw this on TV last night. I feel really bad for the boy and his mom for having to deal with this. If it works, I don't have a problem with it. I hope it doesn't lead to other issues later, but that can happen with other prescription drugs as well.
I'd probabaly want to try MJ before some of the other meds if my kids had needed this kind of help, it's probably much less toxic like the article says.
I was struck by how much this mother kept having to justify her use of medical marajuana, it's really shouldn't be necessary. It's doing a good job, somthing other drug couldn't do, so nobody should be saying squat about it.
I live in California, and have a medical marijuana prescription for OCD and arthritis. Not only does it work, but it works WELL - and without the side effects I experienced from "traditional" pharmaceuticals. I tried Vioxx (later recalled) for my arthritis at age 22ish, and suffered heart palpitations and severe vertigo... tried probably 3-4 different psychiatric drugs for the OCD, and they made me feel like a zombie or speed freak. So if this is working for the child, I don't see any problem with it. Better than the crap those pharmaceutical companies are pushing on children!
If it's under a Dr's supervision I don't see any problem with it. Dr's regularly prescribe drugs that are far more powerful and that have much more possibility of addiction and abuse.
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Not only does it work, but it works WELL - and without the side effects I experienced from "traditional" pharmaceuticals. I tried Vioxx (later recalled) for my arthritis at age 22ish, and suffered heart palpitations and severe vertigo... tried probably 3-4 different psychiatric drugs for the OCD, and they made me feel like a zombie or speed freak. So if this is working for the child, I don't see any problem with it. Better than the crap those pharmaceutical companies are pushing on children! 
Under a Dr's supervision
