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By Held ksdk.com NBC - Plenty of parents give their kids chocolate. But this is not your typical chocolate bar. Meiko Hester- is giving her severely autistic 12-year-old son, , chocolate

laced with medical marijuana. "It happened to be cannabis for our family," she said. Hester- didn't make the decision lightly. But this is what looked like two-and-a-half years ago: he weighed just 42 pounds. It's a stark contrast to his current weight of 112 pounds. "My son was absolutely withering away. You could see the bones in his chest," Hester- said. Out of desperation, she Googled cannabis and autism, and soon realized she wasn't the only one that made the connection. Other parents and autism experts found success with medical marijuana as a treatment for autistic children. That was all she needed to take the next step to get a medical marijuana card for . The first time she gave him a pot

brownie, she said she saw immediate results. "Everything is improved. Right now he's given one brownie every two to three days. Whereas the

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