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Mother Gives Son Marijuana to Treat His Autism December 2009 --- Given the many challenges involved in raising an autistic child, parents are willing to try a variety of potential remedies, many of which are controversial and unproven. But one potential treatment that has gained attention recently is one that was controversial well before its first mention in connection with autism."At first I did some research, and I found a doctor who actually had a protocol for medical marijuana in children diagnosed with autism," Mieko Hester-Perez of Fountain Valley, Calif., told "Good Morning America." Hester-Perez made her decision to try giving her 10-year-old son, Joey Perez, medical marijuana after his weight had become dangerously low due to his unwillingness to eat. She said that at the time she began the approach, he weighed only 46 pounds… GMA
Joey's publication exposure includes Kush Magazine, where he was one of the children to be placed on the cover of a cannabis magazine in 2010, Medical Cannabis Journal, El Nuevodia.com, Medical Jane, 420 Magazine, Hopegrown.org, Autism Spectrum Magazine, Huffington Post UK Vegas Cannabis Magazine and Leafly.com and numerous cannabis-based publications. In September 2019 High Times Magazine highlighted Ms. Perez with proper article title, How Conservative Mom Mieko Hester-Perez Became a Global Cannabis Advocate, Forbes Magazine (forbes.com) 8/2020, Cannabis and Autism: Helping Guide Families - Hash it Out with Mieko Perez, Cannabis Week + We on Wellness Pains and Joys of Parenting Pediatric MMJ Patients panel, The Blunteness, Capitol Public, USC Tommy, Smoke Signals (Martin Lee), Sequencing The Cannabis Genome Dr. Kevin McKernan Copenhagen Denmark and Marijuanamerica: One Man's Quest to Understand America's Dysfunctional Love Affair with Weed.
Joey & Mieko have been featured on FOX Morning News, The Doctors TV Show, The Dr. Juan Strange Medicine, ABC 7, NBC News, CBS News, Good Morning America GMA, ABC’s 20/20, Motherboard Vice Media and The National Marijuana News. Her international media includes, Columbian Latin American News Network, Univision, Telemundo, iheart Radio, Cannabis Capitol TV, ABC Fusion Channel, Viet TV (Vietnam Television Network), and Australia’s number one morning show in the United Kingdom
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