Pot for kids? Some parents say it's good medicine

Some parents of severely ill children say that prescription drugs expose their kids to dangerous side effects. Some want to try medical marijuana, and they seek wider access to the drug in Michigan.

Bella Chinoni is given one of her three daily doses of CBD-concentrated olive oil. Dad Denny Chinonis says Bella’s eye contact now “is getting stronger.”

In Grand Blanc, near Flint, a family gives daily doses of olive oil infused with medical marijuana to their 6-year-old daughter afflicted with a life-threatening seizure disorder.

After years of seeing her suffer, the girl's constant seizures all but disappeared after she began swallowing the oil in January, her parents said. They turned away from their child's regular doctors and found two physicians willing to sign their state application.

Michigan allows medical marijuana for seizure disorders. Yet, these parents still skirt state law and a court ruling that say Michigan patients must...

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