In March, one mother traveled to Colorado
to get a bottle of cannabis oil in hopes of easing the agonizing pain
her 15-year-old son has lived with for the past three years.
What she calls a mother's instinct may land her in jail, reports CBS News correspondent Adriana Diaz.
"I broke the law, but I did it to save my son," Angela Brown said.
Please watch the news item - very moving
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/medical-marijuana-laws-in-minnesota-could-land-mom-in-jail-for-2-years/
For years, the Minnesota mom searched for a way to end her son's chronic pain.
Trey appeared healthy, but a baseball accident in 2011 led to a build-up of pressure inside his head.
A line drive to Trey's head caused bleeding in an area of his brain the size of a golf ball. Doctors feared he wouldn't survive.
But when he finally woke from a medically induced coma, his mother said the old Trey was gone.
"He's the shell of himself," Angela said. "He's in so much pain, and that causes depression."
With depression came daily migraines, muscle spasms and uncontrollable outbursts.
"I cry like every day before I go to bed," Trey said.
And the pain is intense. "Like my brain is about to blow up, cause there is so much pressure," he said.
To try to ease his pain, Trey's parents tried 18 different medications, but little helped. Angela believes some of the drugs' side effects even made her son suicidal.
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What she calls a mother's instinct may land her in jail, reports CBS News correspondent Adriana Diaz.
"I broke the law, but I did it to save my son," Angela Brown said.
Please watch the news item - very moving
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/medical-marijuana-laws-in-minnesota-could-land-mom-in-jail-for-2-years/
For years, the Minnesota mom searched for a way to end her son's chronic pain.
Trey appeared healthy, but a baseball accident in 2011 led to a build-up of pressure inside his head.
A line drive to Trey's head caused bleeding in an area of his brain the size of a golf ball. Doctors feared he wouldn't survive.
But when he finally woke from a medically induced coma, his mother said the old Trey was gone.
"He's the shell of himself," Angela said. "He's in so much pain, and that causes depression."
With depression came daily migraines, muscle spasms and uncontrollable outbursts.
"I cry like every day before I go to bed," Trey said.
And the pain is intense. "Like my brain is about to blow up, cause there is so much pressure," he said.
To try to ease his pain, Trey's parents tried 18 different medications, but little helped. Angela believes some of the drugs' side effects even made her son suicidal.
Continue reading:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/medical-marijuana-laws-in-minnesota-could-land-mom-in-jail-for-2-years/
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