California judge rules 5-year-old can bring cannabis-based drug to kindergarten for epilepsy
The Rincon Valley Union School District had refused to let 5-yr-old Brooke Adams use THC oil at school to help with her seizures, saying it would violate state and federal laws.
In a landmark judgment, a California judge has ruled that a 5-year-old girl with a rare form of epilepsy can take cannabis-based medication to her Santa Rosa public school.
The Rincon Valley Union School District had refused to let kindergartener Brooke Adams use THC oil at Village Elementary to help with her seizures, saying it would violate state and federal anti-drug laws. While medical marijuana use in private with a doctor's recommendation is legal in California, state and federal laws still bar the use of medical marijuana on school grounds.
But Judge Charles Marson, an administrative law judge for the state, overruled that decision and sided with the family of 5-year-old Brooke, The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reports.