My son was taking an ADHD medication every single day to help him focus at school.
- When we started seeing a new behavioral health specialists, the doctor suggested medical marijuana might be able to help better than a pill.
I absolutely told the doctor that was not something we were interested in looking into any further. The behavioral health specialist assured me that a lot of young people were using medical marijuana to battle ADHD. The doctor gave me information on medical marijuana and the studies and I agreed to look at everything with an open mind. Of course the idea of using marijuana sounded like a fun idea to my son, so I really had to make a good decision that was for his best interests. I read all of the educational materials and medical marijuana pamphlets and I took some time to research for myself online. I decided to change my mind after I read through all of the materials. I honestly thought it might help and I was willing to try anything. My son thought he was going to smoke a joint every morning before he went to school, but we started off with a low-dose cannabis pill. The Cannabis product has no taste or smell and it only affects my son in a small way. It’s been six weeks since he started taking a cannabis product instead of the ADHD medication. I’ve seen significant improvement over his behavior at home, and I have an appointment to meet with the teachers next week to see if there have been improvements at school.