Re:Woman Gives Her Autistic 9-Year-Old Marijuana
by tokenadult on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @01:17PM
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But, Alex, while I believe that no mother would actively harm her own child, the mother in question is not medically trained, and she has NO IDEA whether or not the long-term effects of marijuana are better for her child than the long-term effects of
a) doing nothing at all for his autism,
b) doing whatever is current standard practice for treating autism,
or
c) doing something that is bizarre and zany for autism.
She sees some behaviors change for the better, behaviors that might have changed for the better on their own. She has no way to sample the tissue of her child's brain to know what is happening to his brain. On the basis of her self-report, she doesn't appear to be doing him active short-term harm, but as a parent I try to validate what I do for my children with the observations of many other observers. She would be able to help her child with more likelihood of success if placebo-controlled, double-blind studies compare all the possible treatment approaches out there.
a) doing nothing at all for his autism,
b) doing whatever is current standard practice for treating autism,
or
c) doing something that is bizarre and zany for autism.
She sees some behaviors change for the better, behaviors that might have changed for the better on their own. She has no way to sample the tissue of her child's brain to know what is happening to his brain. On the basis of her self-report, she doesn't appear to be doing him active short-term harm, but as a parent I try to validate what I do for my children with the observations of many other observers. She would be able to help her child with more likelihood of success if placebo-controlled, double-blind studies compare all the possible treatment approaches out there.