CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -
Some families from Illinois are treating their sick children with medical marijuana, but they are going to Colorado to do it.
These families are going to Colorado to get a low potency version of cannabis to help stop seizures caused from epilepsy.
It's sparked a debate of how young is too young to use weed.
Let's put it out there right now, these children who are using medicinal marijuana are not smoking it.
Their pot comes in an oil and it's ingested three times a day.
For one suburban family pot is the answer, even while it is separating them.
"Having to go out and say goodbye to the kids knowing that I'm not coming back for two and half weeks, you know, it's a struggle," Randy Gross, whose son, Chase, suffers from epilepsy and has moved to Colorado for medication, said.
"It's not right to split up families just so a child can obtain a medical treatment for a life-threatening decision," Nicole Gross, Chase's mom said.
It's a struggle and a sacrifice.
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