Marijuana, Autism and Andy Dworkin
Autism is a Big Industry

Autism and its several related brain diseases have been strongly helped by cannabis/marijuana which mimic the bodies own hormone, anandamide. This may be lacking in these autistic patients.

Medical maeijuana is increasingly being used to treat Autism. Courtesy: i.ehow.com

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I have already described my outstanding surprise about ABC News touting marijuana for autism, and also the dozens of emails from that story and my own postings. (see: ABC News Lauds Marijuana for Autism Dr. Phil Leveque Salem-News,com)

The brouhaha didn’t really surprise me. After seeing the REEFER MADNESS movie 6 times nothing of this really surprises me.

As I have said the ABC program really brought on a “dust-up”. I decided there was really much more to the story. I had posted that Google had 11,000,000 hits about Medical Marijuana. For Autism Therapy Bing had 2,670,000 hits with 12 posted Educational Interventions and 10 posted Medical Managements. Autism diagnosis on Bing had 1,620,000 hits and Autism Therapy had 1,010,000 hits.

I have posted before the mélange of medications, most of which don’t work, and that some of the leading ones such as Ritalin and Amphetamines have killed about 400 patients and Risperidone, the latest drug has killed about 1000 patients.

Checking Autism Medicines I found 5,690,000 hits and about 670 articles in Google.

With all this barrage of “information” I was startled to read Andy Dworkins article about Autism Therapy in The Oregonian newspaper December 2, 2009.

He reports research at the University of Washington with 48 children from 18 to 30 months being treated with “structured behavioral teaching”, half of whom were treated with one-on-one therapy with “EARLY START DENVER MODEL” at childrens’ homes 20 hours per week.

After 5 years of treatment seven kids were upgraded to a milder form of autism. This must have been extremely expensive with low yield success.

The ABC News report brought out many similar success stories with marijuana cookies. The REEFER MADNESS insanity promoted by Harry Anslinger in U.S. Government employ, The Hearst Newspapers and ultimately NIDA, the National Institute of Drug Abuse has cerebrally poisoned much of the U.S. population.

They cannot accept the FACT that cannabis/marijuana medicines for at least 50 years were the largest selling, most used drugs in the U.S. with great safety, I must add.

Autism and its several related brain diseases have been strongly helped by cannabis/marijuana which mimic the bodies own hormone, anandamide. This may be lacking in these autistic patients.

It is certain this new interest in a successful drug for hideous disease will catch on.

Let us hope so.

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Dr. Phillip Leveque has degrees in chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology and minors in physiology and biochemistry. He was a Professor of Pharmacology, employed by the University of London for 2 years, during which time he trained the first doctors in Tanzania. After training doctors, he became an Osteopathic Physician, as well as a Forensic Toxicologist.

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