WE FOUND OWNERS NOT ONLY
GIVE THEIR ANIMALS MARIJUANA,
THERE ARE EVEN COMPANIES MAKING
MARIJUANA TREATS JUST FOR PETS.
KCRA THREE INVESTIGATES KEVIN
OLIVER FIND OUT IF IT IS
WE FOUND OWNERS NOTEFFECTIVE AND IF IT IS LEGAL.
KEVIN: CHRISTINE CHADWICK IS
GIVING HER
KITTEN A DOSE
OF CONCENTRATED MARIJUANA, A FEW
DROPS EVERY DAY FROM A TINY JAR
OF OIL A FAMILY PICKED UP FROM A
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY.
THE KITCHEN WAS ONLY A FEW
MONTHS OLD WHEN IT STARTED
HAVING DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS,
LOSING WEIGHT, AND BARELY
MOVING.
>> NOTHING CAME BACK POSITIVE.
SWITCHED HIS FOOD.
HE WAS STILL HAVING ISSUES.
JUST DID NOT FEEL GOOD, SO CAME
UPON THE CBD OIL AND GAVE IT A
TRY.
KEVIN: THAT IS ONE OF THE
PRODUCTS BEING SOLD IN MARIJUANA
AND THREES.
IT CONTAINS CBD, SHORT FOR
KENNEDY ALL -- AN EXTRACT
FOR
MARIJUANA PLANTS.
PEOPLE SAY IT COULD HELP 20
MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND THE
CHADWICKS SAY IT HELPS THEIR
KITTEN.
>> HE GOT COMFORTABLE, HE WENT
TO SLEEP.
HE WAS EATING, HE HAS GAINED
WEIGHT.
HE HAS GROWN >>.
I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
SUCCESS IN CHILDREN, SO THAT IS
WHY I THOUGHT ABOUT IT WITH HIM.
KEVIN: CHELSEA BARTLEY THOUGHT
IT MIGHT HELP HER BOXER WITH HIS
VIOLENT SEIZURES.
THE OILS ONLY CONTAIN MINUTE
AMOUNTS OF THC, THE PSYCHO TOPIC
-- THE PSYCHOTROPIC CHEMICAL
THAT GIVES MARIJUANA THE HIGH,
SO ANIMALS RARELY LOOK TIPSY.
>> IT DOESN'T GET HIM HIGH.
HIS SEIZURES HAVE GOTTEN A LOT
BETTER.
HE DOES NOT LOSE BLADDER CONTROL
AS MUCH.
I WOULDN'T, HIS SEIZURES HAVEN'T
GONE AWAY, BUT HIS PERSONALITY
, IT IS NIGHT AND DAY.
KEVIN: THE
DR. GARY RICHTER IS A
VETERINARIAN FROM OAKLAND.
>> PAIN CONTROL, ANTI-
INFLAMMATORY GASTROINTESTINAL
, UPSET, STRESS AND ANXIETY, ALL
THE SAME THINGS THAT PEOPLE TAKE
MEDICAL CANNABIS FOR, PETS CAN
ALSO BENEFIT.
KEVIN: BUT RICHTER AND ALL OTHER
VETS IN CALIFORNIA ARE FORBIDDEN
FROM PRESCRIBING CANNABIS.
THEY AREN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO
BRING UP CANNABIS WITH PET
OWNERS AND IF OWNERS ASK HE SA
HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL HOW TO
ANSWER.
>> IT'S A BIT OF A TRICKY
SITUATION FROM A LEGAL
STANDPOINT.
I THINK IT'S INARGUABLE THE
MEDICAL BENEFITS THAT ARE OUT
THERE.
I MEAN THE MEDICAL LITERATURE IS
, EXTENSIVE.
BUT THERE REALLY IS NO LEGAL
MECHANISM BY WHICH
VETERINARIAN CAN CAN QUOTE
"PRESCRIBE OR RECOMMEND" MEDICAL
CANNABIS FOR PETS.
KEVIN: WHILE CALIFORNIANS VOTED
TO MAKE RECREATIONAL USE LEGAL,
THE VETERINARAIAN MEDICAL BOARD
WARNED ANIMAL DOCTORS
VETERINARIANS ARE IN VIOLATION
OF CALIFORNIA LAW IF THEY ARE
INCORPORATING CANNABIS INTO
THEIR PRACTICES.
THE BOARD SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE
, UNDER FEDERAL LAW, IT'S STILL
ILLEGAL TO POSSESS OR DISTRIBUTE
THE DRUG.
AND, BECAUSE THE FOOD AND DRUG
ADMININSTRATION HAS NOT APPROVED
THE PRODUCTS FOR TREATMENT OR
PREVENTION OF ANY DISESASES.
AT U.C. DAVIS, THE TOP
VETERINARY SCHOOL IN THE WORLD,
DR. KARL GANDREY SAYS PETS ARE
-- THERE IS NOT ANY SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW
CANNABANOIDS AFFECT PETS.
>> THEY PROBABLY WILL HELP A
LITTLE BIT, BUT WE DON'T EVEN
KNOW THAT, BECAUSE I WORRY THAT
WE MIGHT BE SPENDING MONEY FOR
AN INDICATION AND A TREATMENT
THAT ACTUALLY IS NOT PROVEN.
BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW
YET IF THE VETERINARY PRODUCTS
OR THE EDIBLE PRODUCTS ARE
ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THE JOB
THAT THEY CLAIM TO DO.
KEVIN: DR. GANDREY BELIEVES THE
PRODUCTS ARE SAFE BASED ON
ANECDOTAL STORIES, BUT HE SAID
THE ITEMS HAVE TO GO THROUGH
STRICT CLINICAL TRIALS BEFORE
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY SIGNS
OFF ON THEM.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO BE MOSTLY
PURCHASED AND USED WITH PASSION
AND HOPE AS OPPOSED TO WITH
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
KEVIN: ALL OF THIS HAS LEFT PET
OWNERS IN A QUANDARY.
>> IF THE VETERINARY COMMUNITY
IS NOT GOING TO BE THE ONE TO BE
TO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE ABOUT IT
WHO IS?
,KEVIN: STAFF MEMBERS AT
MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES HAVE BEEN
TELLING THEIR CLIENTS FOR YEARS
WHAT THEY THINK WORKS BEST FOR
ANIMALS LONG BEFORE PET PRODUCTS
WERE INTRODUCED.
RICHTER SAYS THE BOARD'S POLICY
IS FORCING PET OWNERS TO GET
THEIR INFORMATION FROM THE
DISPENSARY RATHER THAN THE
DOCTORS.
>> MANY OF THESE PRODUCTS THAT
ARE MADE FOR PEOPLE THEY ARE
VERY, VERY POTENT THEY'RE HIGHLY
CONCENTRATED, AND THEY'RE NOT
ALWAYS ADEQUATELY LABELED TO THE
EXTENT TO WHERE ONE COULD FIGURE
OUT AN APPROPRIATE DOSAGE FOR AN
ANIMAL AS SMALL AS A DOG OR A
CAT, AND I HAVE SEEN AS AS
RECENTLY AS JUST THIS PAST WEEK.
KEVIN: DESPITE THE VET BOARD'S
WARNINGS, MORE PRODUCTS ARE
ENTERING THE MARKETLACE AND
DISPENSARY MANAGERS SAY IT'S
HARD TO KEEP THEIR SHELVES
STOCKED.
>> NOBODY TOLD US ABOUT IT.
KEVIN: CHRISTINE AND CHELSEA
SAID THEY TOOK A CHANCE.
>> WE SPENT HUNDRED
OF DOLLARS
FOR SOMETHING THAT DID NOT WORK,
AND WE GOT A CHEAP CBD BOTTLE
AND THAT WORKS GREAT.
I WISH WE COULD GIVE IT TO HIM
TWICE A DAY, OF BUT IT IS JUST
EXPENSIVE.
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