Meet The Children Who Rely On Marijuana To Survive

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cannabis for children" class="pinit" height="292" id="img_caption_4697135" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1594515/thumbs/n-CANNABIS-FOR-CHILDREN-large.jpg" width="400" /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Credit: Huff Post</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Since he was just a few months old, 10-year-old Zaki Jackson has suffered from a rare form of epilepsy that, at its worst, causes him to have thousands of seizures a day. The seizures, which his mother describes as a "full body electrocution," render him unable to talk or walk, and sometimes cause him to stop breathing.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Over the past decade, his family has tried to combat his syndrome with 17 different pharmaceutical medications, a specialized diet and alternative forms of therapy like acupuncture. The various medications have caused him to gain weight, become incoherent, experience extreme cramping and lose his ability to sleep, but they've never stopped the seizures.' </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/31/cannabis-for-children_n_4697135.html">more... </a></span>

Meet The Children Who Rely On Marijuana To Survive

Photo Credit: Huff Post 'Since he was just a few months old, 10-year-old Zaki Jackson has suffered from a rare form of epilepsy that, at...

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