Mom who used pot butter to control daughter's seizures denied custody

[TexasTowelie]

JEROME, Idaho (AP) — A Gooding mother who gave her daughter butter infused with marijuana to treat the girl's seizure-like symptoms has been denied custody of the child.

The Idaho Statesman reports that Kelsey Osborne was charged in Twin Falls County with a misdemeanor count of injury to a child.

In Jerome County, she fought a legal battle for custody of her children.

Osborne gave her 3-year-old pot-infused butter to calm her and help with the seizures. When she later took the toddler to the doctor, she tested positive for marijuana and the doctor reported it.

Read more: http://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/mom-who-used-pot-butter-to-control-daughter-s-seizures/article_ad9c38ff-172b-588d-a2f6-b60714a6692a.html

[TonyPDX]

1. Shame on the doctor for reporting them, shame on the state of Idaho.

[shenmue]

2. Marijuana isn't a treatment for seizures

[Cattledog]

3. It sure is.

http://time.com/pot-kids/

[angstlessk]

4. How can you make that statement without investigating it?

It SURELY is a treatment for seizures when nothing helps...do your homework!

[TonyPDX]

5. Tell that to parents who have moved to legal states so their kids with seizures can be treated.

http://www.epilepsycolorado.org/learn/treatment-options/

http://time.com/3264691/medical-marijauna-epilepsy-research-charlottes-web-study/

http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/news/20150413/liquid-medical-marijuana-shows-promise-against-severe-epilepsy

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/07/health/charlotte-child-medical-marijuana/index.html

[scscholar]

6. This, and breaking the law...

makes it hard to side with the criminal.