Pets on pot: is medical marijuana giving sick animals a necessary dose of relief?
The Georgiadis’s dog, Bernie, who hasn’t had a seizure in four months. Photograph: Courtesy of Anthony Georgiadis
Bernie, a 130-pound Swiss mountain dog, began having grand mal seizures when he was six months old. About once a week he would violently convulse, foam at the mouth, and urinate on himself for several minutes before recovering an or so hour later. The medication he was given seriously disoriented him, was harmful to his liver and for the most part didn’t work.
At the end of their rope, Bernie’s parents decided to put him on a pet supplement derived from cannabis. Gradually, his seizures became less severe and less frequent, before disappearing altogether.
Despite a large amount of promising anecdotal evidence like Bernie’s story, and a growing industry of cannabis-based pet products, many people have a hard time taking medical marijuana for pets seriously.
“It sounds ridiculous, until you experience it yourself,”...
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