Arizona Department of Child Safety, involved mother and medical cannabis card holder Lindsay Ridgell, whose child was born in May 2019. I miss helping people, especially kids.” Ridgell received a medical cannabis card 10 years ago to help treat irritable bowel syndrome. The doctor who certified Ridgell’s eligibility for using medical marijuana knew that she was pregnant. News, there are over 81,000 names on the Central Registry, as of 2018 (the most recent data currently available). Due to the presence of cannabis in her child’s system, the hospital notified the Department of Child Safety and she was placed on the Central Registry.
An Arizona mother recently won a Court of Appeals case that determined she was not guilty of child neglect because she consumed medical cannabis to treat extreme morning sickness, and her child tested positive for cannabis shortly after being born.
The Arizona Court of Appeals judges ruled that it is not neglect if a mother gives birth to a child that has cannabis in its system, as long as she has permission from a doctor to use it as a medical treatment under the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA).
The case, Lindsay Ridgell v. Arizona Department of Child Safety, involved...
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