When typical medications simply aren’t doing enough to manage their children’s symptoms, mothers like Jenni Mai are turning to medical marijuana for more natural autism treatment. With current regulations, however, parents are having to become pharmacists for their own families and some are even moving across the country so they can legally access cannabis. The testimonials of parents like Mai who have administered cannabis to their autistic children are striking, but the medical research community has some catching up to do. If scientific studies prove what many parents believe to be true, it could open up a whole new world of legal treatment for those with an autism spectrum disorder.
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