7-Year Old Treated with Medical Marijuana

"A 7-year-old girl suffering from leukemia is one of Oregon's youngest medical marijuana patients.

Her mother says she gives her daughter marijuana pills to combat the effects of chemotherapy, but her father, who lives in North Dakota, worries about the effects of the drug on her brain development.

Mykayla Comstock was diagnosed with leukemia last spring. Her mother treats her with a gram of cannabis oil daily, The Oregonian reported (http://bit.ly/TcqSqW ).

Mykayla's mother credits the drug for the leukemia's remission. "As a mother, I am going to try anything before she can potentially fall on the other side," said Erin Purchase, 25, who with her boyfriend administers Mykayla's cannabis."*

7-year old Mykayla Comstock is using medical marijuana given to her from her mother to combat the pain of chemotherapy she is undergoing to combat her leukemia. Is 7 too young to be using pot, and will she face related adverse health effects? Does marijuana actually have curative abilities?

*Read more from AP/ Seattle PI: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/a...

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[MrTupac24]

Fuck off man if she wants to give her kid marijuana she can fuckers.Its not your decision...

[KickingAssDaily]

LOL 1.2 grams is not 10 joints.

[my18yearoldaccount19]

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[KickingAssDaily]

I did not quite understand what you're trying to say but WHERE DID ANYONE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT OIL OR THAT YOU COULD SMOKE IT IN A JOINT?

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[Matt Lemire]

Of oil, yes it genius...

[Eagle Hawk]

cannabis does cure, kill cancer.

cannabis does NOT cause cancer, NEVER has, NEVER will.

It is impossible to die from, and or receive a toxic amount of cannabis.

NEVER has happened in history.

Both of you so called "reporters" should get your facts straight before you talk.

After listening to you both rant, its obvious that you are both incompetent, unaware, truly uneducated people. A college degree does NOT make you educated or intelligent. cure your own cancer.org-

[Manh Tuan]

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[aromine33]

What dumbasses! Cannabis oil DOES cure skin cancer! I was diagnosed with cancer on my right arm and used concentrated cannabis oil on it twice and it went away!!!! Fucking retards are supposed to be reporters, so do some fucking research! It does cure certain cancers! At least I'm in the progressive and evolving state of Colorado so we don't have these ignorant people here...