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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.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by TheGratefulNet on Saturday June 02 2018, @02:54AM (1 child)
I never trust any official to keep any of my secrets.
there may have been a time when a promise and an oath meant something; but I'm here to say - it never matters anymore.
there is no privacy and not even in medicine, anymore. hell, many health centers are using EMAIL to communicate with you.
(hint: email is not generally encrypted or digitally signed).
no fucking WAY in hell I'm going to authorize an email channel for doctors to communicate with me. I carefully think about anything I say to anyone with 'power'; because they may decide, on their own, that its their 'job' to rat on you.
trust is a broken concept, with doctors and lawyers and cops and judges and and and....
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Saturday June 02 2018, @05:05PM
Yet.
Is this solely because of the "EFAIL" exfiltration attack [efail.de] when using the combination of 1. S/MIME or PGP, 2. HTML mail, 3. automatic retrieval of remote subresources, and 4. attachments? Or is it that doctors don't know S/MIME or PGP? Otherwise, I don't see anything wrong with agreeing to use S/MIME or PGP mail with a doctor.