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A California Supreme Court recently rejected limits on medical marijuana, ruling that anyone with a prescription may possess an amount reasonable for their medical condition.

Several SF Bay Area doctors who recommend medical marijuana for their patients said in recent interviews that their client base had expanded to include teenagers with psychiatric conditions including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

“One of the worst ideas of all time” states Stephen Hinshaw, the chairman of the psychology department at the University of California, Berkeley. He cited studies showing that tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the active ingredient in marijuana (cannabis), disrupts attention, memory and concentration — functions already compromised in people with attention deficit disorder.

Dr. Nora D. Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said she was particularly worried about the risk of dependency — a risk she said was already high among adolescents and people with attention-deficit disorder.

Students who are “self medicating” can easily end up getting “stoned” on pot and lose motivation to do anything.

See http://endadhd.com/adhd-children/marijuana-damages-young-brains

Dr. CE Gant, in his book on Alternative Medicine Solutions for ADHD, states that young people that have ADHD symptoms commonly have deficiencies in up to 8 categories including amino acids and essential fatty acids (e.g. fish oil) and therefore should have a functional lab test for ADHD to determine what all the deficiencies might be.