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I fell that every parent has the RIGHT to decide what's best for their child. For a Big Brother Government to step in is just flat out wrong

Parents face charge after giving teen marijuana to treat alleged seizures

A Georgia family has been torn apart after authorities placed a 15-year-old teen in a group home following a tip from his therapist that his parents gave him marijuana in an effort to control his seizures. 

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/06/01...zures.html
So much for patient confidentiality. That Therapist is a worm. So, in Georgia, medical cannabis is legal for certain patients but illegal to get it, transport it and possess it. What!!?
(06-02-2018, 09:40 AM)B2hibry Wrote: [ -> ]So much for patient confidentiality. That Therapist is a worm. So, in Georgia, medical cannabis is legal for certain patients but illegal to get it, transport it and possess it. What!!?

That's the same compromise made in the Tennessee legislature just to get legislation allowing access to medical cannabis oil out of committee.
(06-02-2018, 09:40 AM)B2hibry Wrote: [ -> ]So much for patient confidentiality. That Therapist is a worm. So, in Georgia, medical cannabis is legal for certain patients but illegal to get it, transport it and possess it. What!!?

The therapist has a legal and ethical requirement to report any number of behaviors to the authorities. You know this already.
(06-03-2018, 09:12 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ]
(06-02-2018, 09:40 AM)B2hibry Wrote: [ -> ]So much for patient confidentiality. That Therapist is a worm. So, in Georgia, medical cannabis is legal for certain patients but illegal to get it, transport it and possess it. What!!?

The therapist has a legal and ethical requirement to report any number of behaviors to the authorities. You know this already.
This situation does not necessary pass the Breach of Confidentiality Test. Even with this breach, the info derived is excluded from civil and criminal litigation, as supported by Federal Case law. In any case, the point here is that he is being refused a treatment plan that is effective because someone had a differing opinion of whether it was appropriate or not. Cannabis needs to be removed as a Scedule 1 substance.