ER Doctor: Why He’s Giving Marijuana to His 11-Year-Old Daughter
Tom Minahan is a doctor in one of California’s busiest emergency rooms. When it comes to drug use, he’s seen it all. His experiences as a physician are — at least in part — why he was generally against marijuana. But then something changed that.
Dr. Tom Minahan with his 11-year-old daughter Mallory, who has been on cannabis oil to control her seizures.
“You work in the ER and your perspective of people changes a little bit,” Minahan said. “I see drugs. I see drug overdoses all the time. I threw marijuana in the same category.”
But about a year ago, the Christian father and self-identified conservative changed his mind about marijuana when it comes to medicinal use. He took “a huge leap of faith” and tried it as a last-ditch effort to help his now 11-year-old daughter — and it worked. [more]
