Crystal Stormy: 7-year-old girl one of Oregon's youngest medical marijuana patients

7-year-old girl one of Oregon's youngest medical marijuana patients

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Her mother says she gives her daughter marijuana pills to combat the effects of chemotherapy, but her father, who lives in North Dakota, worries about the effects of the drug on her brain development. Mykayla Comstock was diagnosed with leukemia last spring. Her mother treats her with a gram of cannabis oil daily, The Oregonian reported. Mykayla's mother credits the drug for the leukemia's remission. "As a mother, I am going to try anything before she can potentially fall on the other side," said Erin Purchase, 25, who with her boyfriend administers Mykayla's cannabis. The girl says the drug helps her eat and sleep but also makes her feel "funny." "It helps me eat and sleep," Mykayla said.

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Jesse Comstock

Overall Sentiment: -0.0974094

Relevance: 0.902455

Sentiment	Quote
-0.0849766	"She was stoned out of her mind," said Comstock, ...
-0.0709497	"She was stoned out of her mind," said Comstock, 26. "All she wanted to do was lay on the bed and play video games."
0	"She's not terminally ill," Comstock said. ...
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 3 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.1559263 Mean: -0.051975433333333 Standard Deviation: 1

Mykayla

Overall Sentiment: -0.071963

Relevance: 0.770537

Sentiment	Quote
0.206051	"funny." "It helps me eat and sleep," Mykayla said. ...
0.124953	"funny." "It helps me eat and sleep," Mykayla said. "The chemotherapy makes you feel like you want to stay up all night long."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.331004 Mean: 0.165502 Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Erin Purchase

Overall Sentiment: 0.0782534

Relevance: 0.519641

Sentiment	Quote
0	"As a mother, I am going to try anything before she can potentially fall on the other side," said Erin Purchase, ...
-0.0879055	Purchase said Mykayla's first oncologist called the marijuana use "inappropriate." With marijuana, Purchase said her daughter has been able to fight past the chemotherapy and return to a sense of normalcy. "She's like she was before," ...
-0.0879055	Purchase said Mykayla's first oncologist called the marijuana use "inappropriate." With marijuana, Purchase said her daughter has been able to fight past the chemotherapy and return to a sense of normalcy. "She's like she was before," her mother said. "She's a normal kid."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 3 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.175811 Mean: -0.058603666666667 Standard Deviation: 0

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StateOrCounty: North Dakota

Overall Sentiment: 0.064402

Relevance: 0.341434

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Drug: cannabis

Overall Sentiment: -0.102946

Relevance: 0.442055

HealthCondition: leukemia

Overall Sentiment: 0.15935

Relevance: 0.341957

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