The Conversation  Parents Turning to Marijuana for Sick Children
Tina DeSilvio is just one of many parents treating their
children's illnesses with marijuana. DeSilvio's daughter Jenna,
ingests marijuana oil several times a day to control her violent
seizures.   DeSilvio, who once sat on the Franklin Township
school board, says she will do whatever it takes to control
Jenna's frequent and sometimes violent convulsions. Jenna, who
wears a pink helmet, already takes two prescribed narcotics and
as well as a third drug to treat a genetic brain disorder.
Peggy Kerswell of Bergen County makes an oil out of the
marijuana for her 9 year-old daughter who has epilepsy and
autism. "The seizures are awful. And when you put a child with
epilepsy to bed and open the door the next day, you never know
what you're going to face. That's why I feel comfortable pushing
the envelope and trying to help her."  After reports that a new
strain of marijuana called "Charlotte's Web" was reported to
reduce seizures in some children,