madfranks
29th October 2014, 07:52 AM
http://theantimedia.org/minnesota-mother-facing-possible-prison/
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A Minnesota mother is being charged with “child endangerment” for administering cannabis oil to her fifteen-year-old son. When he was twelve, Trey Brown was placed in a medically induced coma after being hit in the head during a baseball game.
He suffered severe internal bleeding and swelling the size of a golf ball. Doctors feared he might never wake up, but when he did, his mother, Angela Brown, says his injuries made him a different person:
“He’s the shell of himself…He’s in so much pain, and that causes depression.”
Angela attempted to heal her son using accepted medical methods. Trey tried over 18 medications and none seemed to help. Angela believed some caused suicidal thoughts. She recalls:
“He told me, ‘Mom, I don’t want to live, I can’t do this anymore’…It’s not fair, it’s not fair. I have been so angry.”
With daily migraines, muscle spasms, and uncontrollable outbursts, the family was desperate.
Trey described the pain:
“[It feels] like my brain is about to blow up, ’cause there is so much pressure’”
After researching medical marijuana, the family drove to Colorado to purchase cannabis oil, which is not legal in Minnesota. Almost immediately, Trey began feeling better and his pain was curbed.
“Within an hour of him taking it, we could tell a difference,” said Angela. He began doing better in school, but his teachers eventually asked Angela why.
“I said ‘Well, I gave him an oil that we’d gotten from Colorado…It’s derived from a marijuana plant.’ And then you could feel the tension in the room.”
Shortly after, police confiscated the cannabis oil and Trey’s condition worsened:
“It stopped the pain and stopped the muscle spasms…It was helping me go to school until it then got taken away and then school was really hard again.”
Angela was charged with child endangerment and “requiring child protection.” She faces a $6,000 fine and up to two years in prison while her son continues to suffer without the medication he needs.
Of the charges, Angela told CBS:
“It’s asinine…I didn’t hurt my son; I was trying to prevent him from being hurt.”
Minnesota has passed a law allowing some forms of medical marijuana, making it the 22nd state to do so. However, the law does not go into effect until next summer, and even then, the strain Trey uses may be prohibited. The county prosecutor, law enforcement and school district have all declined to comment on the case, saying it is ongoing. Local CBS news in Minnesota reported that
“Lac Qui Parle County Attorney Richard Stulz said he had no comment on the charges. He said the paperwork speaks for itself.”
The authorities’ silence demonstrates their irrationality regarding the conversation on marijuana prohibition. While governments pretend to care about public health and well-being with their bans on cannabis, Trey’s case shows the opposite: the state would rather let a child suffer in pain and struggle in school than allow a violation of words written on paper.
As Angela said,
“The prosecutor’s version of this is that a good mom allows her child to be in pain, to self-harm, and attempt to take his life…I guess that’s a good mom in his eyes.”
The family is considering moving to Colorado so Trey can resume treatment.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A Minnesota mother is being charged with “child endangerment” for administering cannabis oil to her fifteen-year-old son. When he was twelve, Trey Brown was placed in a medically induced coma after being hit in the head during a baseball game.
He suffered severe internal bleeding and swelling the size of a golf ball. Doctors feared he might never wake up, but when he did, his mother, Angela Brown, says his injuries made him a different person:
“He’s the shell of himself…He’s in so much pain, and that causes depression.”
Angela attempted to heal her son using accepted medical methods. Trey tried over 18 medications and none seemed to help. Angela believed some caused suicidal thoughts. She recalls:
“He told me, ‘Mom, I don’t want to live, I can’t do this anymore’…It’s not fair, it’s not fair. I have been so angry.”
With daily migraines, muscle spasms, and uncontrollable outbursts, the family was desperate.
Trey described the pain:
“[It feels] like my brain is about to blow up, ’cause there is so much pressure’”
After researching medical marijuana, the family drove to Colorado to purchase cannabis oil, which is not legal in Minnesota. Almost immediately, Trey began feeling better and his pain was curbed.
“Within an hour of him taking it, we could tell a difference,” said Angela. He began doing better in school, but his teachers eventually asked Angela why.
“I said ‘Well, I gave him an oil that we’d gotten from Colorado…It’s derived from a marijuana plant.’ And then you could feel the tension in the room.”
Shortly after, police confiscated the cannabis oil and Trey’s condition worsened:
“It stopped the pain and stopped the muscle spasms…It was helping me go to school until it then got taken away and then school was really hard again.”
Angela was charged with child endangerment and “requiring child protection.” She faces a $6,000 fine and up to two years in prison while her son continues to suffer without the medication he needs.
Of the charges, Angela told CBS:
“It’s asinine…I didn’t hurt my son; I was trying to prevent him from being hurt.”
Minnesota has passed a law allowing some forms of medical marijuana, making it the 22nd state to do so. However, the law does not go into effect until next summer, and even then, the strain Trey uses may be prohibited. The county prosecutor, law enforcement and school district have all declined to comment on the case, saying it is ongoing. Local CBS news in Minnesota reported that
“Lac Qui Parle County Attorney Richard Stulz said he had no comment on the charges. He said the paperwork speaks for itself.”
The authorities’ silence demonstrates their irrationality regarding the conversation on marijuana prohibition. While governments pretend to care about public health and well-being with their bans on cannabis, Trey’s case shows the opposite: the state would rather let a child suffer in pain and struggle in school than allow a violation of words written on paper.
As Angela said,
“The prosecutor’s version of this is that a good mom allows her child to be in pain, to self-harm, and attempt to take his life…I guess that’s a good mom in his eyes.”
The family is considering moving to Colorado so Trey can resume treatment.