Mom 'Prescribes' Pot to Kids for Emotional, ADHD Disorders: Prosecutor

A northern Michigan mom claimed in court Tuesday that she gave marijuana to her 10-year-old son to help him manage emotional issues and to her 12-year-old son to treat an attention deficit disorder.

The 31-year-old woman from the village of Mesick in the Lower Peninsula offered the defense during a pretrial conference in 48th District Court in Cadillac, where she faces drug and child-abuse charges, The Cadillac News, Detroit Free Press and WWTV are reporting. Her name hasn’t been released to protect the identities of her minor children.

She is charged with delivery/manufacture of marijuana and two counts of third-degree child abuse. The drug charge carries a four-year prison sentence, and the child abuse charges are punishable by up to two years in prison or five years on probation.

Wexford County Prosecutor Anthony Badovinac alleged the woman said she preferred marijuana over prescription medicine normally prescribed for their conditions. Police were called to investigate after the woman told Child Protective Services that she gave pot to her children.

Emotional issues and ADHD aren’t qualifying conditions under Michigan’s medical marijuana act, which voters approved in 2008. Minors can use medical pot under the rules, but only for qualifying conditions.

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