URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n107/a02.html
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Pubdate: Wed, 25 Apr 2018
Source: Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)
Copyright: 2018 The Times-Picayune
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/848
Author: Maria Clark
COULD MEDICAL MARIJUANA TREAT SEVERE AUTISM? SOME LOUISIANA PARENTS
BELIEVE IT CAN HELP
A car ride anywhere with Denise Young's 16-year-old son Seth can be
extremely dangerous.
Seth was diagnosed as a young child as having low-functioning autism,
a severe form of the disorder that makes him hypersensitive to sound
and light and which can trigger tantrum-like meltdowns.
"They call it a rage," Young said. "He has thrown punches in the back
of my seat, the back of my head ( while driving )."
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