{"id":4958,"date":"2015-11-03T23:11:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T23:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=3906"},"modified":"2015-11-03T23:11:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T23:11:34","slug":"mexico-families-hoping-for-medicinal-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/mexico-families-hoping-for-medicinal-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico: Families Hoping For Medicinal Marijuana"},"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\/mexico-families-hoping-for-medicinal-marijuana\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>As Mexico\u2019s top court prepares to consider arguments that could open the door to the recreational use of marijuana, some families are hoping such a step could help make medicinal marijuana more accessible.<\/p>\n<p>The parents of 8-year-old Graciela Elizalde of Monterrey have already seen a difference in their daughter since she began taking a marijuana extract recently. A federal judge gave them permission to import the marijuana oil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very happy because what we\u2019re seeing is that Grace is sleeping continuously through the nights, something she had not done in months,\u201d said her father, Raul Elizalde, using the child\u2019s nickname. Graciela suffers from a severe form of epilepsy that causes intense seizures.<\/p>\n<p>The Elizaldes are not part of the case on recreational use that Mexico\u2019s Supreme Court this week put off hearing until at least next week, but they hope it could make things easier for them and other families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe debate before the Supreme Court right not is about recreational cannabis,\u201d Raul Elizalde said. \u201cWhat we\u2019re looking for is medicinal cannabis, but if it (the court) opens the door for recreational cannabis it would be welcome because by default it would benefit us, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mexico has decriminalized the possession of some drugs, including marijuana, for personal use since 2009.<br \/>\nElizalde said the family arrived at the decision to try marijuana for their daughter only after exhausting every other option.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first person who changed his way of thinking was me,\u201d he said. \u201cI was someone who thought that cannabis did not serve for anything, that it couldn\u2019t be a good thing for someone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reynold Guadalupe Nava, a 4-year-old who also lives in Monterrey, is another child whose mother thinks he could benefit from medicinal marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Mirna Alvarado said Graciela\u2019s case had opened the door and she hopes authorities will begin looking favorably on others as well. She said through talking to other families with children suffering from similar conditions they heard that cannabis oil could help Reynold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know there are about 40 families right now that have been organizing around Grace\u2019s parents,\u201d said Dr. Carlos Aguirre Velazquez, chief of pediatric neurology at Monterrey\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know what the final result will be, but I believe it\u2019s time to set aside a bit the debates and take clear positions,\u201d he said. \u201cTo say, we, from a health perspective, are in favor of a therapeutic resource used scientifically for the health of any neurological case that requires it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/mexico-families-hoping-for-medicinal-marijuana.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:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/735803\/mexican-families-hoping-for-medicinal-marijuana-watch-court\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico Families Hoping For Medicinal Marijuana<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: The Associated Press<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"http:\/\/services.inquirer.net\/contactus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Page<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: The Associated Press<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inquirer.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Inquirer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Mexico\u2019s top court prepares to consider arguments that could open the door to the recreational use of marijuana, some families are hoping such a step could help make medicinal marijuana more accessible.<\/p>\n<p>The parents of 8-year-old Graciela Elizalde of Monterrey have already seen a difference in their daughter since she began taking a marijuana extract recently. A federal judge gave them permission to import the marijuana oil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very happy because what we\u2019re seeing is that Grace is sleeping continuously through the nights, something she had not done in months,\u201d said her father, Raul Elizalde, using the child\u2019s nickname. Graciela suffers from a severe form of epilepsy that causes intense seizures.<\/p>\n<p>The Elizaldes are not part of the case on recreational use that Mexico\u2019s Supreme Court this week put off hearing until at least next week, but they hope it could make things easier for them and other families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe debate before the Supreme Court right not is about recreational cannabis,\u201d Raul Elizalde said. \u201cWhat we\u2019re looking for is medicinal cannabis, but if it (the court) opens the door for recreational cannabis it would be welcome because by default it would benefit us, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mexico has decriminalized the possession of some drugs, including marijuana, for personal use since 2009.<br \/>\nElizalde said the family arrived at the decision to try marijuana for their daughter only after exhausting every other option.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first person who changed his way of thinking was me,\u201d he said. \u201cI was someone who thought that cannabis did not serve for anything, that it couldn\u2019t be a good thing for someone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reynold Guadalupe Nava, a 4-year-old who also lives in Monterrey, is another child whose mother thinks he could benefit from medicinal marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Mirna Alvarado said Graciela\u2019s case had opened the door and she hopes authorities will begin looking favorably on others as well. She said through talking to other families with children suffering from similar conditions they heard that cannabis oil could help Reynold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know there are about 40 families right now that have been organizing around Grace\u2019s parents,\u201d said Dr. Carlos Aguirre Velazquez, chief of pediatric neurology at Monterrey\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know what the final result will be, but I believe it\u2019s time to set aside a bit the debates and take clear positions,\u201d he said. \u201cTo say, we, from a health perspective, are in favor of a therapeutic resource used scientifically for the health of any neurological case that requires it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/mexico-families-hoping-for-medicinal-marijuana.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:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/735803\/mexican-families-hoping-for-medicinal-marijuana-watch-court\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico Families Hoping For Medicinal Marijuana<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: The Associated Press<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"http:\/\/services.inquirer.net\/contactus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Page<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: The Associated Press<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inquirer.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Inquirer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1616,9,1,3],"tags":[4184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4958"}],"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=4958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}