Autism is on the rise with no cause or cure in sight. Adrift in a void of medical data, more parents are breaking federal laws by giving their kids weed to treat the disorder.
This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2017. Weed laws in the US have since changed.
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Helps adults with autism.
How?
@@RobertTaylor-gz2fuit removes the -ism
@@RobertTaylor-gz2fuHelps me sleep better and calmer too. I dont use it daily but my sleep quality increases when I do, I'm less alert during my sleep, get more REM and less nightmares.
Doesn't help me. I speak even less and then I get Parky symptoms.
For many of us with autism, more specifically high functioning, Asperger's, it helps us feel a lot less overwhelmed. Which is one of the issues of autism, you're always feel overwhelmed over stimulated even when you're not.
Pot did help me when I was 15. Within a year I was working as a waiter, in 2 I could navigate college and really make friends, I could talk to people. I could explore the world without being overwhelmed. A decade later I was running a business and able to sell design work, 20 years later my career is stable and I lead a large team. I still can't handle Costco or IKEA, and sometimes I like to stay in. I am still completely obsessed about my interests, and I still don't make friends easily, but the difference is profound. I remember pieces of how I felt as a child before and after finding pot. The rest of the world came into focus. People became somehow more real. I started asking questions, and developing a picture of who they were. It's hard to describe but it's like I suddenly began thinking externally. Everyone around me noticed. I still struggle, but my life was forever changed.
That’s amazing, congratulations, life is hard, but the struggles you go through make such a beautiful story and you’re always exactly where you belong!
💯👌🏼💚
this is exactly my experience as an autism and adhd and OCD, weed was a tool I dont think I coulda made it without it tbh especially with the ocd
Helps you learn empathy
That's awesome man I feel the Same way I'm currently 14 my mom let's me smoke but my dad doesn't want me to he says I'mma grow up to be a Crack head and shi
0:57 Autism rates have not increased by 600%. Rates of diagnosis have increased. Do you understand the distinction? Many Autists are never diagnosed.
Yea and the way VICE makes it seem like, “bc they have no money they resort to weed” making it look like a a poor thing to do. Further associating weed w poverty. Idk VICE is weird
@@mollym6003they also make out autism as some curable terrible disorder we want to be cured from. Like "if I could help him stop stimming" that's a thing many autistics do to help with overwhelming emotions. It makes me feel weird as a "high functioning austistic" adult Though I will say cannabis does seem to help with tons of disorders. Hopefully science keeps working and makes weed more available to many for medicinal use. Specifically those over 21 because their brain is fully developed. Cannabis can harm a growing brain
also, even if it did *actually* increase, you know what else increased? microplastics and other environmental pollution!
Thank you for this comment 🤍
had to scroll way to far to find this
Cannabis helps children with seizures immensely. Can make the incidence of seizures from 100s a day to only a couple. You’d do anything for your children to live comfortably- don’t judge until you’ve been in their shoes.
Helps children with epilepsy
Whose judging though, your the only one bringing it up 🤣🤣
Seizures are fictional.
@@bunk95 if you mean epilepsy is a neurological disorder then your right but it aint fictional.
@@bunk95What? Are you still living in the Dark Ages thinking seizures are a demonic possession or something?
My mom's friend has an autistic child in severe conditions, the kid and the family have a really difficult life. At age of 3 they tried CBD oil, and now at age 6 the kid even enjoys going to school. She doesn't talk, doesn't look in the eye, but writes notes and uses drawing to communicate. She laughs and seems much better now. 🎉
That is truly amazing and interesting. Love hearing stories like this.
Happy to hear a story like this. Commenting "yes and" to also point out that this story shows the difference between treatment and cure. Autistic people don't need to be made into non-autistic people. The right treatment is going to make it easier for people to live and be happy and communicate. Doesn't mean they're going to talk or make eye contact - everyone's version of being fully themselves is different.
💯💚
These are all bots.
@@Darkest_Soul_187 something something “Lol I’m autistic and keep feeling too much empathy for bots even after im told its a bot”
My 7 year old son was diagnosed 2 years ago with a rare genetic disorder KCNB1 a type of encephalopathy that causes seizures (60 to 100 per day) and is resistant to conventional seizure medications. On the 31st of december 2023, my son had around 70 seizures, out of desperation i started giving him small dosages of CBD oil (without thc). 48 hours later seizures stopped, we are almost 3 months seizure free.🙏🏻🙏🏻
that is absolutely fucking amazing news. god bless you and your son
I'm elated to hear this! I could give CBD to a kitten who had severe seizures, and it significantly cut them down.
Wow 😮 that’s amazing
Are the seizures like arm flapping ? Or is it more severe ?
@@lightskameraakshon8109 more severe clonic-tonic seizures. 4 months seizure free!!
The reason the number of *diagnosed* people with autism is increasing is because we've expanded the *definition* of autism, and because we've increased awareness of the disorder. *I* have Asperger's, which until recently was seen as distinct from autism, but is now seen as a part of the autism spectrum. The autism I have is relatively subtle, because I can understand irony and metaphors really well, and I probably wouldn't have been diagnosed a few decades ago.
Absolutely false, there has been an expansion in diagnosis and diagnostic criteria, but it doesn't account for the veritable explosion of autism rates that is occurring recently. I know this is anecdotal, but literally all of the babies of family, friends, etc that I am aware of (maybe a half dozen or so atm) have autistic symptoms. They are not related to each other and are from diverse backgrounds. I have a family member who works in early childcare, and they have an enormous number of autistic students. Whatever the exact causes, this is most definitely a real thing, not just the result of improved diagnosis.
Neuro divergent spectrum is different than the autism spectrum Nuro divergent spectrum has OCD autism Asperger’s ADHD ADD personally, I have ADHD and autism
@@dbiancucci1Asperger’s isn’t a recognized diagnosis anymore btw!! Due to its origins. Now it’s classified as Autism level 1 or 2.
I have PDA autism (pathological demand avoidance / persistent drive for autonomy) and was misdiagnosed with BPD and schizoaffective before getting diagnosed with autism
I was diagnosed last year. I'm in my 40's. When I was a kid there wasn't a doctor in 300 miles that could diagnose aspergers. It was litterally impossible for anyone to get diagnosed.
on the point that the incidence of autism has increased over the past few decades, this is largely due to an increase in awareness of less obvious autistic symptoms in ondividuals with low/no care needs. In essence, people who don't necessarily seem autistic are now increasingly being diagnosed, which is unlikely to be a result of vaccines or age of parents and so on. As mentioned in passing, autism is a spectrum and not a monolith, and so it is very different for different people
Absolutely. Especially when it came to those moms describing autism, they used a lot of really horribly worded rhetoric to describe autism. One of the mothers even said they would tear their own limbs off to get their child to stop stimming, which is a horrible thing to wish upon your child call my especially since when most stimming is harmless. White autism moms have done a lot to damage autism awareness and acceptance, though I do know where they are coming from, they really villainized autism, whether intentionally or not.
@@whatupmexican Maybe that one mother you mention has a child whose stimming is really, really bad.
Oh god. I thought you were saying that it was caused by vaccines, thank you for not being an idiot like those people who think that vaccines causes autism. Thank you
@@whatupmexicannot every person with autism is functioning and low need. Some of them stim to the point it is harmful; scratching skin off, pulling hair or skin off, chewing on body parts, slapping themselves, etc… you’re portraying autism as a harmless disorder that doesn’t affect people, and that is dishonest. Frankly, if you have high functioning autism, I don’t even think you should be diagnosed with it. It would be like diagnosing someone with “low-grade adhd” because they have a few of the symptoms but not all of them. I’ve literally met people that have been diagnosed with autism because they have things they are really interested in, don’t understand people, don’t like looking people in the eye, and don’t like leaving there home. That’s not autism from where I’m sitting… that is normal. Screeching at me because you can’t form the words to express yourself, an inability to recognize my emotions, and excessively continuous stimming that can last all day… THAT is autism. Some people just want an excuse to not work on their character flaws, and that is what seeking fake diagnosis does, it provides some people with their excuse for being a flawed human being.
@@Gobbldeegoo1dude. It’s all autism. Thats why it’s a spectrum. You don’t get to invalidate low support needs people just because high support needs people exist. We are all valid and all deserve adequate love and support.
Jesus--that one mom could help her kid by just reducing her volume. She keeps high-pitch-screaming in his face @19:35-36, and my autism was being triggered by it from a distance with the volume turned down. His nervous system is influenced by her pitch and dynamics too, and even if it's meant as an expression of joy/enthusiasm, it stuns/overwhelms the nervous system and kicks it into a higher gear. If you want to help temper someone's nervous system, temper yours before you engage and you'll have far less damage control to do on the back end. "Indoor voice" is what they used to call it; they could practice it together and it could be an amazing bonding experience to simultaneously temper. I love that these moms are willing to 'take risks' to break these laws when they have the chance to help their children. I can't imagine such a thing in the 80s. It's hard to be an unconventional parent--you can be ostracised easily for such 'socially conspicuous' infractions.
Thank you so much for the sensory warning.
My goodness..yess!! Just listening to her being so loud cut my nerves to pieces so I can imagine how it affects him.
OMG I hadn’t gotten to that point yet. Yes, her voice alone is enough to tear families apart. Lol
My mom yelled at me all my life, growing up. It was hell..
Damn who’s here before the Feds😂😂😂
Yurrr
This originally aired like 8 years ago I'm not sure exactly Awhile ago though So this is nothing new to see
It says it in the description 2017
😂😂
@@kaleidoscopevision4959came to say the same
As a late diagnosed autistic person, the reason more people are being diagnosed is because we are now more aware of what warrants an autism diagnosis. People who weren't diagnosed back 50 yrs ago are now being diagnosed today. The diagnosis has changed in recent times and with more awareness, and more understanding of what that means, people who flew under the radar most of their life are now able to get a diagnosis. Females also generally present different than males. 50 years ago the understanding of what autism was was very poorly understood and many people who were diagnosed as "schizophrenic" were autistic. In fact, many different diagnoses were lumped into schizophrenia. On the other hand, autistic people (autism isn't something you just magically "get") may have been suffering most of their lives undiagnosed, only to find out they weren't a freak, broken, or a weirdo (as society loves to label us) but were in fact autistic. Autistic people don't want a cure. We would like to manage our symptoms better, yes. We should be focused on helping and accommodating autistic people..not trying to cure them. Also, talk to autistic people and not just the parents of autistic children. We exist, too. And it is a spectrum, so their are people who need life long care and their are people who can live independently but still need a support system. It's genetic, it's not caused my vaccines, or sugar, or whatever BS people like to believe. These claims are proven false and only do more harm than good. Try to accommodate autistic people instead of curing them. All I ever wanted to know was what was "wrong" with me and finding out I was autistic changed everything. Also, Autism Speaks sucks.
💛💛💛 I struggled for almost 50 years, never really fitting in, internalizing the negative feedback of others, feeling lonely and ashamed. Learning about Autism and my part of the spectrum has ended all of that.
When I worked at a “severe” special needs school there were a few kids who’d have their “special gummy” before coming to school, staff were all cool with it since it seriously helped some of them calm down and regulate. Even non verbal folks deserve to feel calm and relaxed and cbd/thc can help immensely with that. Ofc its still a drug and needs to be dosed appropriately but it can be life changing for some of us
And the comments already suck. I understand people not wanting to for there personal reasons but the lack of open minds is mind boggling
Right!?! It's a plant. Yet you can buy alcohol on every street corner, which can kill you either from chronic use or sudden withdrawal. Cannabis death? 🤔🤔
Its the best thing the US did was the war on drugs, sike its the worst and has plagued this country since it started having the CIA selling crack cocaine and heroin to the people but marijuana is worst than them how sickening, medically marijuana has compounds that are naturally made within ones body and should be taken serious and see the connection to plants and earth are better than a addicted person only wanting another fix. this country is broken and backwards all in the on the monopoly board just for their precise green.
Welcome to the internet, not the brightest minds lurk here
mind = boggled
I understand but this is a political topic as well because it's the type of thing pro legalization people use as an argument for legalization.So it's going to receive polarizing comments.
Autistic people were not interviewed, nor were their opinions and experiences considered in this video. Their absence was not explained by Vice. Perhaps Vice felt the opinions of autistics too insignificant to bother thinking about. Cannabis, may very well turn out to be useful for autistics, but that was also not fully explored. Did Vice seek to interview autistics using cannabis? If they did, perhaps their experiences were also too insignificant to fit in the film. This was about the ideas of mothers/parents of autistics. It was heartbreaking to hear one mother speak of her "losses", starting with her still living child! She did not loose her son, he is there. She lost her fantasy, her dream, her expectation, of the son she envisioned she will have. Who is not the son she has. Generally autism societies, and autism communities represent the interests of the parents, as seems to be the case with the activism/support group of these mothers. For some reason, autistics still are regarded as needing to be cured, among many such groups. I did not see ay alternate opinions explored here. Id have expected Vice to ask the autistics using cannabis if their hoping for a cure. This was disappointedly another film pedling misconceptions and ignoring the knowledge, and experiences of autistics themselves.
this video is old its from 2017 plus vice news is dead so they wont be making any new videos pandering to your demands for better reporting
I hear what you’re saying but you have to look at this from all angles, mothers are often the lifelong voices for their autistic children. It is important to hear how they really feel and hear about how their lives have been impacted. You do realize that their sense of loss is valid because there was a change for them that had a huge impact on them. Clearly these mothers love their children, hold space for people to grieve the child they thought they had prior to the diagnosis
@@jasminemarie5431 their feelings are valid, but their perspective has been centered, or been the only perspective offered, and autistic people deserve to have their own choices be heard in areas regarding them and their care.
I really to agree with most of what you've said, but in this instance, the autism does need to be "treated" so that these people can live, not just live a "normal" life, but just live fullstop. It's not about curing the autism, it's about making very severe symptoms more managable for all parties involved.
Yeah once I heard ABA I knew that they didn't really talk to autistic folx.
Could you @VICE please make a followup on these families, so we can see if and how it has helped after 7 years? ❤❤❤
vice news is dead, no more reporting man
Vice is bankrupt now
@@lexibathory4819 So what.. they should make videos to make money.. easy fix!
Right?
“Autism rates growing” is an insane way to report better detection of autism. I’m a psychologist who has autism and specializes in treating autism, which we know to be primarily (if not entirely) influenced by genetics. Every client I’ve ever worked with has autistic family members. The brain is detectably autistic at 6 months and we’re sure you can’t get it from vaccines lol. Love this for weed tho
You’re an Autistic Psychologist? How does this detection method of your work?
How do you know what is the proof that vaccines don't play a part?
I know so many people including myself and my wife and nobody have autism in our wide family,what you talking about?
@@ParanoidGoblinoid waith for ansver another few months,maybe you get one.can you imagine "autistic psychologist"!! common people are you stupid or what??!!
I remember watching this when it was first aired and a LOTTTTTTT has changed all around on these topics in the last 7 years. If there's no follow-up to report on this, I'm not sure why it's being posted. Don't leave us hangin,' Vice!
damn i thought this was new
vice is shutting down which is probably why they reuploaded
ok - thank you! As someone who has been diagnosed autistic and gotten my masters in that time, I really felt like I was getting some dated info
@@RageBaitResistancethis entire video is horribly dated in riddled with misinformation about autism. It's really a shame because there can be potential benefits for cannabis in autistic individuals. Put this video really does sully the autism community at Large.
Like 2009
4:09 It’s just horrible how the video editor timed “psychotic episodes, suicidal thoughts” with the child happily stimming in the background, as though stimming is violent and needs to be suppressed.
The entire video is framed in a very strange and infantilizing way. That mom talked about her child as if he could be "cured"
Exactly. This video boiled my blood back when it originally came out, and for vice to just re-upload it just to squeeze any remaining money out of their dead account is so pathetic.
This is a reach
I was so annoyed when the one mom was talking about wanting her kid not to stim anymore. Like bro... so you just don't want your kid trying to self-regulate???
@@getalife214I don’t know if it’s necessarily a cure but the effect cannabis has on autism is remarkable when it comes to reduction of undesirable symptoms, it makes it easier for me to communicate with others and empathize with them it also makes it easier for me to study others expressions and body language when I’m not constantly flustered by the whole idea. It’s not a cure but it’s such a wonderful therapeutic tool.
As a new autistic stepdad I wish I could do more for my non verbal son. I look in his eyes and see the want and need to talk..says small phrases and such. I don’t know what will help him for the future but I’m glad I’m not alone.
You are never truly alone
It’s cool to accept his amount of verbalization without trying to ‘fix’ it.
does your son have any aac (augmentative and alternative communication) tools to help him communicate? or would you and him be able to learn asl / sign language? I’m sure he wants to communicate with you but it doesn’t have to be through spoken language if that’s not something he’s able to do, there are many ways to communicate :) (I’m also autistic)
LET HIS DAD TRY
@@rockyyroadsss no you are not and you have to live with that.
This first aired in 2017 when Dylan was 6, so now in 2024, Dylan should be turning 13, I would love to see an update with him, and also HIS opinion on his THC usage. Amazing stuff as always, Vice.
As an autistic adult (I was diagnosed when I was 10/11 (I don’t remember when exactly)) I’ve noticed how much weed has genuinely helped me deal with my autism. 1) socially/anxiety: one of the biggest benefits I’ve noticed is that since I feel relaxed and my anxiety lessened, I’m able to socialize normally, I can actually start convos. Before I was debilitatingly anxious, I couldn’t get out of bed, constant anxiety/panic attacks. 2) it’s helped with my hypersensitivity, sometimes I feel so overwhelmed and it can be physically painful to even just lay down in bed. Weed is the only thing that has been able to relax me when I’m in this state. It’s honestly been the best thing for me.
you are not autistic.you had some cosiall anxiety.give yourself a break and don't present yourself as autistic adult.
@@igorS740 I was literally diagnosed 🤷♀️
@@a1suruxx when you became verbal and awake? todays doctors can diagnose you anything.I can go to see psychiatrist and just say Im a serial killer I need some medicines and he will give me imideately.but that another things.I have autistic boy 5 years old and he is far far far far fa r away from to be verbal and to do something purposeful.so that's why I can not understand people who identify themselves as autistic and leave reasonable comments on you tube,understanding the point of any story told.
How crazy and dumb is that a mother has to BREAK the law to help her child live a comfortable life... All because the governments decided marijuana is illegal.... Yet one of the worst drugs, alcohol is completely legal.
Well said and 💯 percent facts
Or move to DC, Colorado, or Maryland where its legal 🤷🏽 weed being illegal is dumb i agree but its not anymore
I have Tourette’s I was born in 90 all my doctors said it was because of the vaccinations. I have no reason to doubt my doctors.!
I’m drinking with the worst drugs right now and I admit it
😂 wow vice is a total tool do vaccines cause problems. No that’s a total lie who would ever believe that only people that have had problems right afterwards thank you vice for being such a well regulated tool
There is this stuff called marinol. Comes in 2mg or 5mg. My daughter who was a cheerleader/ all sports athlete. Was diagnosed with (AML) leukiema at the age of 16. I did some research and found this medication. She took this medication. It was the only thing that helped her with her extreme pain from the chemo and it helped her with her eating. chemo kills everything, Good and bad. she was having a hard time keeping anything down. They were threatening feeding tube, she said absolutely not. So we tried other options. This medication was the best thing in the world for her. At first they were giving her oxycodone for her pain.. Problem with that is, it's so highly addictive and on top of the leukemia she was already battling, I didn't want her to be dependent on a controlled substance. She has now been cancer free for 6 years.
May I ask what class of drug this is? What makes it addictive? I’m so glad your daughter is Cancer free ❤
@@Liahs333oxycodone is a synthetic opioid.
@@Gameboygeniusyeah that's not what they were asking, you dunce, learn to read
wish you and your daughter all the best ❤
Marinol is cost prohibitive for.most families.
I'm a young adult with autsim and adhd. I've taken stimulats and they only made my quality of life worse. I take sedatives but relying on them is scary CBD and cannbis is in a lot of ways my perfect medication. Cbd doesn't have all the scary side effects of sedatives but it really impoves my quality of life. I only use small doses of cannabis and it helps me regulate my emotions so that I am able to function and somewhat enjoy life. Cannabis is not legal where I live but it should be. It's a life saving medication
audhd'er here, glad cbd works for you! i need the whole cocktail tho. i find a good CBD and THC balance works best, cbd only weed makes me very nervous!
That’s the funny thing about psychology, you probably only have autism, but those symptoms make it seem as though you have ADHD since those criteria are based on “normal” people. I’m not surprised the stimulants made it worse, you probably don’t actually have the same underlying biology that people who benefit from stimulants do. Both autism and ADHD have a lot of overlapping symptoms and there’s no blood test.
@@Sniperboy5551 I have adhd. Because you are not a psychaitrist who has evaluated me but a total stranger in the youtube comment section I couldn't care less about your opinion of my diagnosis :)
💛💛💛 I find that a dose of 5-10 mg CBD with CBD > THC gets me the best results, really shaves a thick layer of anxiety off of my mind. Can also unleash my creativity, but results vary. I hope for more robust research, and more up-to-date media coverage. Lol
@@HSstriker 💛💛💛Ditto. And THC > CBD also makes it hard for me to focus.
5:55 I broke down crying my boy 18months has terrifying seizures and I feel like I watch his soul leave his body everytime he runs outta air changes color you’ll hear his head hit the flor and all I can do is scream my little man’s name and pays his back to keep heart going I’ll blow air in his mouth. It’s the most terrifying thing ever, I see it in my wife similar issues but his hit like a double whammy. I’m sorry but thank you for saying that, I’m watching this and I’ve heard it before can help and i my self tell my wife about her health weeds benifits blah blah but I wasn’t thinking about my own son but thank you for waking me up before it’s too late. I’m gonna show my wife this later on. Very sorry for your little mans loss, I wish you had someone advocating for you 5 years ago so you could have been saved. But sadly this is how we as a society change, someone’s gotta pay and it’s always those who never had a chance 😭😔☹️😞😕🙁😥😭
Im so sorry man.We had similar period of life with our son in that age.he was in that condition until age of 3.after that it will end hopefully.now he is 5.he seems to be happy,he sllep better.now he can sleep over night from 10pm to 7 am,but all day long he is jumping and southing some nonverbal sounds.beside that he is seems to be much more present.
Seeing someone you love have a seizure is horrifying because there is literally nothing you can do but put them in recovery position and wait for it to end. Truly traumatizing and heartbreaking. My heart goes out to you ❤
3:13 Saying that Autism “destroyed our family” is straight out of Autism Speaks’s horrible “I am Autism” commercial. Don’t blame your child’s neurotype for the end of your marriage.
i mean the wording is dramatic but you can’t deny that having a child with autism does put a strain on families/marriages
@@juliac6256 As an autistic adult, if someone (or an entire family) can't handle the possibility of having to accommodate for a child with a disability they shouldn't be having a child to begin with. Anything is possible when raising a family, and for someone to put the blame on a *child* for their own personal and familial dysfunction rather than taking accountability for being unable to cope with that stress is very unfair and immature. The child didn't ask to be autistic, just as much as the parents and family didn't ask for an autistic child. But neurotypical (non-autistic) adults are fully capable of educating themselves, learning to accommodate, and seeking professional help if they can't cope with the change. We wouldn't say this about any other terminal illness or disability like cancer or seizures that requires accommodation (I'm not comparing these disorders and cancer, it's to demonstrate the unfairness of shifting the blame to the child). Not everything is about the family and parents, we have to keep an autistic person's wellbeing in mind too
@@LoveStruckLonerAnother one that bothered me was "Autism took my son away from me“ . No. You just weren’t prepared to face the possibility that your child doesn’t fit your expectations.
I agree with you comment, but do you have a diagnosis? I don't mean it in a mean way, but most I hear who use and say or use nuerotype or nuerotypical don't have a diagnosis but identify as autistic which I and many others don't appreciate.
@@juliac6256 Expecting Neurotypical behaviour from an Autistic child puts a strain on anyone, most of all the child.
8:26 It’s all about the Autism Mom’s journey. So little here about her kid. I hope he’s now receiving a better level of care.
As someone who just got my son's medical card recently. His life has improved greatly,seizures are non existent, he's talking more,and his overall quality of life is amazing in comparison to what it was. We tried meds first they were absolutely awful and the side effects were unreal. Im so happy we tried this route
Mandatory minimum is what you need.
Damn this is a blast from the past. I wonder if these kids are leading a good teenage life now
Definitely not lmao. Weed isn’t good for people. It makes them less productive
no they are all on heroin running amok in the city, listening to inappropriate music and scheming
Loved this episode. I'm so happy these families were able to find a solution or at least the start of one. I imagine a lot of them will be moving here to CO soon if this works well and if PA doesn't get faster to get dispensaries in their state
A lot of misinformation about autism on this video. So much hurtful and otherizing rhetoric being used to describe ASD. Cannabis can indeed help treat symptoms of autism that can be disregulating, but it cannot cure autism, which this video really seems lean into. Also, the "white autism mom" light this reporting seems to focus on has been one of the most detrimental factors of autism advocacy.
you worded so well i couldn’t even get past half of this video because of this… im genuinely shocked Vice filmed, edited, and reviewed this videos before posting it without seeing anything wrong w it. autism moms do nothing but severely set us back….
I encourage everyone who reads and agrees with this comment to report this video for misinformation.
I fucking hate "[this drug] can help kids with autism" type of info. Teachers, parents and society can help kids with autism. The only thing they have to do is listen, understand and don't judge. But giving kids drugs is easier than accommodating them.
@@user-ft5ux3fb3bI’m and autistic adult who uses cannabis medically. And it saved my life. Forcing drugs on anyone is bad. And so is denying them access to meds if they truely need them.
You actually watched the video? I saw the title and already know it's completely and utter horsesh*t. I studied psychological conditions and special needs, due to a family member who also taught special needs children. No drug can "cure" a neurological rewiring of the brain, that makes someone be different. And certainly not a drug that dims your brain. The only way we will ever be able to do anything about neurological conditions is at the molecular level, and we are nowhere near doing that. I get so sick of people suggesting moronic things that only harm people further, especially the most vulnerable.
wow, weed never stops surprising me. crazy to think it is/was illegal (i'm from germany and in 30 days we are legalizing yay). it should have never been illegal in the first place
I hope y'all stay around making these vids you've made a huge impact on my life ❤️
As someone with mild autism, I'm totally okay with not dying of polio or meningitis. Although it definitely makes more sense than during development (incidentally when vaccines are given) makes more sense than the vaccines themselves. I am curious about weed treatment for autism. But I'm insanely allergic, and I'm capable of managing my negative symptoms. So my point of view is very different from these parents. A guy I worked with years ago was treating his autism with weed, seemed to work okay for him.
When they talking about “getting kids high” it really means helping them at a chance to feel normal. Would u say “I’m getting high” while you’re taking your prescription depression meds?
Make no mistake; it makes you high too. So use in moderation, or don’t. :)
Shawty is smuggling drugs when she could just ask around and find a plug 💀💀
It’s not the rate of Autism has increased, it’s the chances of diagnosis being increased.
Covered in chills. Thanks for sharing
the fact that woman is willing to risk her freedom for not only her baby but for everyone in her group is beautiful. i know this is an old video but i hope everyone is doing wonderfully now ❤
9:22 Mom’s so unhip, dropping the word “gateway” with the casualness of an elephant’s diarrhea.
Tugging on my heart strings. Moms are amazing.
They literally said something like " i lost my son because of autism", so no heartbreaking is the word. But thats the Usa, full of fake smiles and fake people, lets hope the autism rates rise.
10:31 Weird… for me, it’s all about the CBD, with less or equal amount of THC.
I'm an adult with autism and it helps as well with my PTSD and chronic pain as well
Awesome me too, glad to hear that 😊
Wonder why he didn’t use high cbd strains?
the type of courage that changes and moves the panet..
No dad’s included. Sup with that?
That is kind of suspicious
Dads skidadled the moment they got the diagnosis.
At least the breadwinner will be able to take care of the family, which is why I didn't go or be seen.
Also if she in jail then I'm not
As an autistic adult who uses medical cannabis daily this made me shed a tear i really hope we can all come together to realize how amazing this plant is and how many people it helps one love everybody ❤
Thanks for this. These kind of videos help me to feel not alone in my single father lifestyle caring for a 8 year old non verbal autistic. 💕💕
Bless your heart❤ single parent to 11 yr old non verbal autistic kiddo.
What a lovely group of women, Mothers. The compassion I saw on all their faces (while the woman spoke of losing her son to a seizure) could heal the world. Thank you.
6:37 as an autistic person it angers me that she says that its a good thing he isn't stimming, we shouldn't be forcing people to stop stimming as it can be bad for mental health, yes there are other benefits to cannabis but this shouldn't be seen as one, just let them be themselves ffs
Any proper physician could explain to you how extended usage of cannabis messes with both cognitive development and hormone production and can trigger various mental illnesses. I understand there might be some good usage of it for some kids, but it should be monitored by specialists. The fact that these people improvise the dosage of high THC oil that they give to their children without any medical support is really, really worrying.
i get what ur saying but when your having seizures everyday your suffering far greater brain damage than cannabis will cause
"And then we considered stronger pharmaceutical medication and I got scared" good for you Mom! be scared of the pharmaceutical industry as healing is not the priority.
These are the type of stories that Vice blew up on. Bravo
Thank you !!!! It stresses me less but I hope it helps my twins knowing more.....
Vice please bring back Weediquette a lot has changed since 2017 and we are getting closer to have full legalization across the country there is so many stories to tell get back to your roots!!!!
vice is dead, so they wont be bringing anything back
A few minutes in and I hope autistic adults react to this in KZhead videos for my own sanity.
Maybe ask a question, I suppose and then they'll answer? Usually that's how it happens when you're that curious. 💁♀️
I'm an autistic adult, I found out later in life and do use medical marijuana as my own medication. This video is fascinating, I definitely disagree with all the anti vax rhetoric but I can understand where the fear comes from(I was unvaccinated). It's not a bad video but it's very outdated and that is a problem.
@@willowway3349 I'm an autistic adult too, and I agree with you. I just need somebody to call out the outdated parts. I'm tired of "autism moms" being the faces of conversations around autism.
The way they talk about it like it’s a disease. So angry watching this.
@lancelotle exactly, talk to actual autistic people, ask them what helps them, stop going to people who don't have autism and ask them solely about their experience. I was so annoyed when one mom was like "I would cut off all my limbs so he could stop stimming" as if stimming is a bad or even harmful behavior. The whole conversation needs to change, to put autistic people and their needs, wants, and comforts in the forefront of the conversation instead of the neurotypical people and how autism negatively affects them somehow.
As someone with autism who regularly uses to help function in society i almost cried when she handed the other parents the product. My autistic chipd has not yet consumed but id be open to it in his teenqge years.
you can really see the difference after the spray of the terpenes. i wasn't expecting that but wow! I feel so proud for cannabis and the boy.
Im so glad finally someone is gonna try...my best friend has a daughter with autism and told she would never talk and now she talks. Autistic children are so amazing ❤❤hearts just want to love
We truly need more research for autistic adults and their use of cannabis to deal with the traumatic experiences that they have dealt with through the lack of postive social interaction. WE NEED MORE RESEARCH ON AUTISTIC ADULTS🖤
💛👍🏻🤘🏻
Bellmawr, NJ is 15 minutes away from Philly. You can buy THC products in NJ legally. The biggest obstacle is the $5 toll over the bridge.
There's a reference early in the video that indicates is made sometime before 2018. If I hadn't caught that, I would have wondered why it's this difficult for them to get it.
They also want it to be as pure as possible.
@@jamisondonald384 ahh, that makes a lot more sense. it's crazy how we've changed in a short time.
yeah this video is from 2017, vice news is dead they are just reposting old stuff for what ever little money they can get on youtube
In PA, an autism diagnosis is one of the eligible conditions for medical marijuana
I am 33 I have two children I never went to doctors as a child life was hard for me. my oldest child 7 has autism watching him reminds me of when I was a kid I smoke pot it helps me allot I don’t give it to my children but it’s nice to see stuff being done about this. Also I was shown pot at the age of ten I have a full time job n a place of are own n I pay for all of it on my own
It would be interesting to see a follow up with these moms to see if it worked
It definitely prevents my autistic meltdowns from getting violent
absolutely, i am living proof
Wow. About 2 hours ago the thought went through my head for my son. I did not say it aloud or mention to anyone. Then this pops up.
what an honor to work for a place like vice. good stuff. gogo parents, get the help ur kids need
Great job, VICE! Thanks for always shedding light on important issues. Keep up the awesome work!
I think it could really help my daughter with medication resistant adhd. I hate the meds and how they are affecting her growing brain. I wish we were allowed to try this God-given plant everywhere in the US!!!
Im going to give you a bit of advice, coming from someone who has ADHD and has been medicated since i was young. Docs prescribe it as "take the dame amount of this medication at the same time every day," but unfortunately thats not how ADHD works. With ADHD, not all days are the same. Depending on sleep levels, diet, excercise, and many other factors, some days are easier than others. On a "good" day, i dont need as much of the medication as i do on a "bad" day. And if i take the higher dose when i dont need it, i just end up overstimulated and it makes symptoms worse instead of better. The other issue with taking the same amount every day, if you use the dose based on the "bad" days, taking that amount every day causes tolerance to go up, and then the medication becomes less effective. The biggest solution i have for all this is to use IR formulations instead of XR. - You can break IR tablets in half for when you want to take less. - You can skip the morning if you are having an easy morning, and you can still take it around lunchtime if you need it for the afternoon, without worrying about being able to sleep - likewise, you can take it in the morning and skip the afternoon for lighter/half days IR is all around a more flexible medication than XR/ER
As far as treatment resistant adhd, my other question is: have you had your daughter evaluated for autism? ADHD and autism are actually very common together. Oftentimes, with people who have both, when you medicate the ADHD it actually reveals more symptoms of autism.
Regarding cannabis: it can certainly help with SOME of the symptoms of ADHD, but it's not quite a full replacement for stimulants. That being said, cannabis can be FANTASTIC for relieving a handfull of the side effects from stimulants.
@blackbird1234100 thank you so much for all of your input! I truly do appreciate it. And we do play around with her dosing a little. Some weekend days she skips it altogether unless we have plans or something she needs to be able to focus a little more for. But i do worry about the tolerance issue, so i appreciate the feedback on that. And i have thought there is a chance she could be on the spectrum and that is why she doesnt respond very much to the meds, but there is a waiting list to get her tested in our area. She is on the list now so hopefully that will happen soon 🙏 thanks again!! 🖤
@shannonbritton5313 yeah, skipping it on the weekends is generally a good idea, unless its specifically needed (homework, music lessons, cleaning/chores, certain personal projects). Glad to hear she is on the list to be evaluated for autism. On your end, the most important part is going to be making sure you are open, understanding, and accepting of her. Her brain works differently to a neurotypical brain, and sometimes that will make it very difficult to understand how she's feeling. It's going to be important that you trust what she tells you about her experience. One of the hardest things for neurodivergent kids is that by the time they're an adult, they have heard tens of thousands of more pieces of negative criticism than a neurotypical kid would have. She needs your understanding and compassion when it comes to mistakes.
If wanting info on Vaccines & Autism go to The Highwire (with Del Bigtree former producer of ABC’s The Doctors) Being producer led him to research vaccines
My heart goes out to all parents with a child living with Autism hurts my heart to see this parents trying all methods to cure there child Marijuana or cannabis to a kid is unbelievable but I definitely understand may you all be blessed
This story needs a follow-up episode.
2:12 timing the mother’s statement that she “really can’t leave him alone” with footage of the boy’s vocal and physical stimming, as though his stimming is a danger to him, just spreads misunderstanding.
Thank you for being brave enough to speak out.
These parents are some of the strongest people among us
Fictional parents are strong?
Sussy you vented in electrical
@@max3eeyeh ?
@@leostreat3573 among us
You're being overdramatic
My 18 yo low functioning nonverbal son w autism. Had seizures and they stopped immediately with cannibas. Years of pharma after being in ICU from depacote and trileptal. Depacote he has pancreatitis and trileptal was nephritis. He could only ingest liquid meds and it was killing him literally and then THC
I have Asperger's and smoked weed since I was 13 ... 16 years. I don't take any other medications. Finally achieved home ownership and I grow my own indoors and out. Don't these moms like gardening? lol it is a weed!
this video is from 2017
3:00 Sorry, fatal? Where are you getting your information? I see no references.
We are twice as likely to die from a variety of issues. Autistic people have higher rates of epilepsy, heart disease, and stroke. Also, communication issues so it’s hard to find out there is a problem until it’s too late. I know I struggle with exercise.
Then look it up, there's a lower life expectancy. My son has to be watched 24/7 or he would wander off, and has very little sense of danger. His sensory differences would also cause him to harm himself if we weren't constantly on top of that as well. For instance he would be unphased sitting in water that was too hot. Also nonverbal people who aren't communicating well in other ways are going to have a hard time communicating a serious medical episode, and not everything is as obvious as you think. After my son and I were hot by a drunk driver, the hospital had a really hard time finding where his injuries were.
Emotional stuff. Great documentary. Happy 420 2024!
So happy to know how far my state has come in regards to cannabis. So easily accessible for the people who really need it now.
I'm glad this woman isn't keen on the idea that vaccines cause autism. I'm 35, and I have high functioning autism I was diagnosed with when I was younger. The ONLY people saying vaccines cause autism are folks who aren't even autistic. Let me tell you straight that is incredibly offensive to anyone with the condition. This is something I was born with. NONE of my symptoms came about through vaccinations, in fact they continued to progress throughout most of my life where I have had no vaccinations at all (my Covid shots were the first since over a decade). To affix blame to a disability is disgusting. These ideologies do not speak for me, and it only shows sheer stupidity.
As a former kid with autism, yes.
Now that you're an adult, how do you fair these days with Marijuana as medicinal substances with autism?
Please share how it effected your symptoms. We have a 10 year old boy and been dealing with it since he was 2
@@hunterrick4I’m an autistic adult who’s used cannabis for my autistic overload since I was 17. It’s made a world of difference for me. While it won’t help everyone, for me it helps slow down my overwhelming overload and processing. I also have lots of medical issues. And while it doesn’t make the pain go away completely, it makes it all tolerable. Overall it makes everything more tolerable for me.
I would love to see brain scans of someone before and after onset, and what changes occur in those that do make great progress vs those that don't.
I love this series
Just like everyone else on the human spectrum, I've known autistics who it helped them find their voice and access their empathy, as well as folks whom it left them borderline catatonic or even schizophrenic while under the influence.
Why don’t they ask adults with autism what helps them and what they have found to work?
The ones who can talk don’t need this
@@Retrosenescent Except that's completely wrong. Autism exists on a spectrum. Just because you're verbal doesn't mean that you don't need assistance. Being able to talk is not a simple yes/no test.
i was diagnosed epileptic had seizures etc..... 1 dr that i miss till this day hes no longer here told me to smoke marijuana and get tested again in 10 years. years back i got retested the liasion on my brain and the seizures stopped. thanks doc i'll see you when i get there. its been a while since a seen a group of great women together pushing the same direction. good luck ladies
I have found, there are two extremes and a middle ground to be found for every individual in these categories. Some need uppers, some need downers, and all benefit from learning how to create a held duality of experience. “Overly internally aware”. That’s what I call spectrum experience. Spectrum. Some are at one end or the other, and some place in between. The transition of social loss or gain have to to do with “hard” shifts. It’s why children can seem fine then change all of the sudden developmentally. Environmental factors that’s are unknown. Maybe not as internal as we would like to believe. We over focus on The physical, or body control loss side, much more than the other, mental variables, or sense of self for the individuals. Many homeless are those on the other end who had no support, or lost it over time. Even adults can switch into this loss of body/mind/unity control. What comes first, the chemical response, or the stimuli of the response? We’re just now starting to understand. Thanks for reading. Uses for all things, in their place. Chemicals are just chemicals. Variety is the rule.
It would be interesting to have a followup episode to see how things are 7 years later.
vice news is dead so there wont be any follow up videos
I'm autistic myself and the description saying that autism would need a cure is pretty insulting.
You're high functioning. That's why. Let's say low pigmentation would be a spectrum. So while low pigmentation is not a problem generally, no pigmentation limits your life choices and poses skin cancer risk. Parents of autistic children do not want to kill their individuality, they want them to be able to control their own lives.
Wouldn't you like to just be you without the autism symptoms?
Yea a cure for it would just be like ur whole existence/personality is wiped essentially? People don't think before saying that :/
also the idea that autism in kids is caused by vaccinations is just harmful to push
Sad to believe that you just accepted it and don't want to even try to progress in life.
It must be so hard to never be able to relax because you’re always worried about what your kid is doing. My parents refused to diagnose me with autism but they shamed me for my behavior but honestly I know I put them through a lot. I personally am too into my personal space to have kids
It also helps with Parkinson's disease. I literally watched a man go from shaking uncontrollably to where he couldn't even hold a cup to take a sip to within 4 minutes of THC oil under his tongue sitting back relaxed with no one tremor. It's also amazing for ppl with seizures and ADHD. My husband is severe ADHD to where he would work 12-14 hour days and still not be able to wind down to sleep. With Marijuana he sleeps well, feels better, lowered his blood pressure and keeps him focused.
Just as a side note, marijuana can also give you panic attacks, especially if you are prone to anxiety. Many people on the spectrum struggle with intense social anxiety. This mashup seems extremely ill suited to me, plus there is zero proper scientific studies to support it's use for autism, so essentially parents are conducting their own experiments on their children...
I'm autistic. I use pot. It's legal in Canada for recreational use. Literally though, this piece profiles autism moms who are apparently terrified of big pharma but okay with experimenting on their own children. I sincerely feel for the fact that these moms are struggling, but pot isn't like some natural miracle cure-all. It's a drug, just like anything else. It has pros and cons. If it didn't have possible risks, it wouldn't work. I take issue with this piece for numerous reasons, especially the "curing autism" ideology. I really fear that some of these moms, especially the ones who view stimming as bad, are just going to end up getting their kids high, revelling in the fact that their kids act "less autistic", and essentially keeping their kids on pot for the rest of the life because they view it as entirely beneficial.
@@alyssapisani Yes, I think you have expressed some of my thoughts as well, that I didn't fully express. I get that these mums want to help their children, but they also refuse to accept them for who they are. Those kids need help than most with learning to cope in a neurotypical dominated world, and not just to get drugged to be more compliant with neurotypical expectations. Basically that was all they were achieving, just making their kids easier to handle for themselves rather than helping the child get what they actually needed. The neurotypical urge to control neurodivergent behaviour is just sickening and terrifying. I mean, I get it's not easy being a parent even to a child you can more easily relate to, but maybe just attempt to relate to your child instead of trying to fix them... Very dehumanizing.
You could just move to Canada. Cannabis (medical and recreational) is legal here. Fewer guns for your kid to get show with too. Stricter gun laws. Thank Justin Trudeau!
A follow up would be awesome to see!
vice news is dead, no follow ups on anything. this video is from 2017
Nobody: Weed mom: I would cut off every limb of my body to give my son some peace and quiet.
Did anyone ever consider the food we eat?
And the vaccines/pharmaceutical drugs
@@miked2573 Yes, it’s all been considered and debunked as crap research. But that doesn’t stop nuts from spreading disinformation.
I thought Vice was done! Beating a dead horse? Or on the way back up?
Looks like this was recorded many years ago, pre 2018
5:50 wow that teared me up
I have mild diagnosed autism and I can say from personal experience that weed helps me with it