A Colorado mother says she is only trying to help her young son
battle cancer. Now she says a doctor may turn her into the state because
she is refusing chemotherapy treatments for her child, and is instead
using a product related to marijuana. A petition on change.org calls on
the governor, the Colorado Springs police, Department of Human Services,
and The Children’s Hospital to recognize cannabis as a treatment for
cancer. The mother did not start it, but signed it after she and her
child moved to Colorado Springs to take advantage of the state’s
marijuana laws.
Landon Riddle is 3 years old and his mother says he was diagnosed
with leukemia. After being given just days to live he was placed on
chemotherapy and radiation treatments. His mother, Sierra Riddle, says
the treatments helped reduce the tumors but made her son very sick,
including night terrors. The chemotherapy was stopped and Landon was
given cannabis oil capsules, as she told CNN.
“I am willing to do whatever I have to do to make sure my child gets
to live another day and gets to have that relief and have that quality
of life he deserves,” Sierra Riddle said
Landon now looks healthier and is feeling much better, but in a
letter posted online Sierra wrote, “They want to take away my son
because I am refusing chemo!”
That came after she saw a Colorado doctor the day before, adding,
“They do not see cannabis as a treatment for cancer. The oil is a
concentrate from the marijuana plant which does not include the
psychoactive ingredient THC. “Cannabis, just like morphine, is a
medication,” Sierra Riddle said. “It’s not just a drug, it’s a
medication, and it’s a medication that helps my son to fight his
cancer.”
CBS4 Investigator Rick Sallinger attempted to reach the Colorado
doctor and center which saw the child. Sallinger wanted to ask about the
mother’s statement that law enforcement authorities would be contacted
if chemotherapy is not continued. So far he hasn’t gotten a response.......
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