Israel: Medical Marijuana, for Babies and Their Desperate Parents

Moments of joy are all too brief for Lavie Parush. They have been since the 2-year-old was born. "Gray" was the word his father used to describe his son, born unconscious. That night, Lavie had his first seizure.

"Immediately, they took him to the emergency room," said his father, Asaf Parush. "They doped him up and he was basically passed out the first week of his birth."

For six months, Parush and his wife, Noa, held on to the belief that Lavie's condition would improve. But the seizures worsened. He suffered dozens a day. Doctors diagnosed him with epilepsy and cerebral palsy. Lavie was severely brain damaged.

Asaf Parush administers medical cannabis oil to his son Lavie to treat his epilepsy.
Asaf Parush administers medical cannabis oil to his son Lavie to treat his epilepsy.
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