Wednesday, December 05, 2012 1:55:10 AM
Medical marijuana is gaining acceptance, but could it even help kids? Dr. William Courtney has seen it happen, and on Friday, told HuffPost Live host Alyona Minkovski about it. Saying he was "quite a skeptic 5 or 6 years ago", Dr. Courtney continued that "my youngest patient is 8 months old, and had a very massive centrally located inoperable brain tumor." The child's father pushed for non-traditional treatment utilizing cannabis.
"They were putting cannabinoid oil on the baby's pacifier twice a day, increasing the dose... And within two months there was a dramatic reduction, enough that the pediatric oncologist allowed them to go ahead with not pursuing traditional therapy."
The tumor was remarkably reduced after eight months of treatment. Dr. Courtney pointed out that the success of the cannabis approach means that "this child, because of that, is not going to have the long-term side effects that would come from a very high dose of chemotherapy or radiation... currently the child's being called a miracle baby, and I would have to agree that this is the perfect response that we should be insisting is frontline therapy for all children before they launch off on all medications that have horrific long term side effects."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/01/cannabis-for-infants-brai_n_2224898.html
Watch the full segment at HuffPost Live
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/parents-choose/50b663372b8c2a5d91000184
Dr. William Courtney is a member of the CBIS advisory board
https://www.cannabisscience.com/corporate-info/scientific-advisory-board.html
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Dr. William L. Courtney
Dr. William Courtney, in addition to holding a B.S. in Microbiology and M.D. degree, has a Post Doctorate in Forensic Examination and Forensic Medicine. He is a member of the International Cannabinoid Research Society, the International Association of Cannabis as Medicine, and the Society of Clinical Cannabis. Dr. Courtney teaches Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses in clinical cannabis, and a Survey Course on Endogenous Cannabinoid System, and hosted the Second International CB2 Conference in California
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