Michigan issues medical marijuana cards to 44 children

Michigan has issued medical marijuana cards for 44 children, counting three who are under 10 years old.

Of the 44 minors with cards:

1. 21 are 17 years old,
2. 11 are 16 years old,
3. 5 are 15 years old,
4. 1 is 7 years old,
5. 2 are 9 years old,
6. 2 are 14 years old
7. 1 is 13 years old and
8. 1 is 11-year-old.

Medical marijuana relics banned at the federal level. Most of the 17 states that permit medical use don't control it to adults, according to Morgan Fox of the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington, D.C. She said Delaware and Connecticut have adults-only rules.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has no rule on medical cannabis, although it's working on developing one, the newspaper said.

Cooper Brown, 14, has Dravet Syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy. His mother, Rebecca Brown, said she turned to medical marijuana after trying every recommendation medication to control her son's frequent captures.

"This isn't something we entered into lightly," said the mother, who lives in Oakland County, north of Detroit. "I've done a lot of reading and a lot of research. I have everything tested. I am not a pot smoker and never in a million years thought of trying this. But when your child is suffering and you feel desperate, you consider things you may not have before.

"To me, it's not a drug issue, it's a compassion issue," she said. Cooper does not smoke the drug, but instead consumes it in food his mother prepares.

The state won't disclose the medical conditions for which the children are authorized to use medical marijuana. They say it's not known how the children take the drug, though there are many options: in food, such as baked goods, a liquid extract called a tincture, a vaporizer or smoking.

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