{"id":4747,"date":"2015-09-28T17:50:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T17:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=3795"},"modified":"2015-09-28T17:50:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T17:50:57","slug":"parents-say-medical-marijuana-allowed-their-son-to-live-life-to-the-fullest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/parents-say-medical-marijuana-allowed-their-son-to-live-life-to-the-fullest\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents Say Medical Marijuana Allowed Their Son To Live Life To The Fullest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/parents-say-medical-marijuana-allowed-their-son-to-live-life-to-the-fullest\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>A Mesa couple says medical marijuana gave their young son the opportunity &#8220;to become who he was.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jacob and Jennifer Welton are mourning the loss of Zander. The 7-year-old died this month after battling seizures his whole life.<\/p>\n<p>Brain surgeries and other procedures did not work. The Weltons said Zander was living in his own, lonely world.<\/p>\n<p>They got him a medical marijuana card at the age of 5. It triggered a legal battle, pitting the Weltons against the Maricopa County Attorney&#8217;s Office, other law enforcement agencies and state health officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The main argument they used in court is that you can overdose if you have a concentrated form [of marijuana]. Their stance was that only the flower and leaf were legal, but the extractions and edibles weren&#8217;t legal,&#8221; Jacob Welton said.<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU won the Weltons the right to administer condensed marijuana extracts in pill form.<\/p>\n<p>Zander was autistic, as well. His parents say their son showed immediate changes after they gave him marijuana with the help of a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His big personality came out,&#8221; his father said. &#8220;We never saw any of his personality the first five years. He never interacted with anybody or looked anyone in the eye.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zander began interacting with pets, family members and teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Though he passed away this month, his parents&#8217; only regret is not turning to medicinal marijuana sooner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Medical marijuana helped him become who he was and share who he was,&#8221; his mother said.<\/p>\n<p>They have heard from parents with children suffering similar struggles from around the world.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/gallery\/data\/1412\/16079.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Jacob Redmond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpho.com\/story\/30101847\/mesa-parents-say-medical-marijuana-allowed-their-son-to-live-life-to-the-fullest\" target=\"_blank\">Parents Say Medical Marijuana Allowed Their Son To Live Life To The Fullest<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Jared Dillingham<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"mailto:jdillingham@azfamily.com\">Email The Author<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: David Kadlubowski<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpho.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">KPHO News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Mesa couple says medical marijuana gave their young son the opportunity &#8220;to become who he was.&#8221;<br \/>\nJacob and Jennifer&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2015\/09\/parents-say-medical-marijuana-allowed-their-son-to-live-life-to-the-fullest\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Read More]<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1614,9,1,3],"tags":[4182],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}