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posted by martyb on Friday June 01 2018, @07:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the smoking-stopped-son's-seizures-so-son-siezed dept.

They Let Their 15-Year-Old Son Smoke Pot to Stop His Seizures. Georgia Took Him Away. (archive)

The pharmaceuticals weren't working. The 15-year-old boy was having several seizures per day, and his parents were concerned his life was in danger. So Suzeanna and Matthew Brill, of Macon, Ga., decided in February to let their son try smoking marijuana — and his seizures stopped for 71 days, they say.

The Brills' decision led to the boy, David, being taken away from his parents, who face possible fines and jail time after being charged with reckless conduct for giving him the drug. David has now been in a group home for 30 days, and his seizures have returned. He is separated from the service dog that sniffed out his seizures, and he is able to communicate with his parents only during short visitations and phone calls.

They maintain they made the right decision for their son's health, despite their current predicament. "Even with the ramifications with the law, I don't care," said Mr. Brill, his stepfather. "For 71 days he was able to ride a bike, go play, lift weights. We were able to achieve that with David medicated not from Big Pharma, but David medicated with marijuana."

The Brill parents were jailed on April 20, and posted bond on April 25.

Since The New York Times published the article, Twiggs County Sheriff Darren Mitchum has received media attention and threatening phone calls, one of which he played back for reporters at a press conference.


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by TheGratefulNet on Saturday June 02 2018, @02:43AM (1 child)

    by TheGratefulNet (659) on Saturday June 02 2018, @02:43AM (#687543)

    you can get thrown in jail for TELLING people (inside a court) about JN.

    the legal assholes all HATE the concept of JN. a lawyer friend of mine argued quite loudly that 'we normals are not qualified to judge the law'.

    (I stopped talking to her very shortly after that comment.)

    the legal people want to be able to fuck us over and get away with it. cops already can; the legal eagles want that, too.

    too much power in the hands of We The People(tm) are scary to those who wish to control us.

    thing is: you WILL rot in jail is you inform people of this, while inside a court.

    (I want to get off this planet, some days. damn. there are many days I'm ashamed to be from this damned planet.)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 02 2018, @04:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 02 2018, @04:41AM (#687580)

    Just build a place to provide a small group of people a better tomorrow. Maybe if it provides compelling mindshare you can get a larger number of people interested in the principles of it. But if you do, don't let too many of them become part of the old system, before requiring them to start a similiar but new community, so that they won't helpfully turn you back into the shitty old one you were trying your best not to emulate.