CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — A Wilsonville woman who fled to Las Vegas with her daughter to treat her liver cancer with CBD oil has been found guilty of custodial interference and abuse.
It is reported that 39-year-old Christina Gail Dixon will be sentenced to 19 months in prison. Oregonian.
Family friends told KGW in 2020 that Dixon didn’t believe chemotherapy was helping her 13-year-old daughter, Kylie, and used CBD and other drugs to care for her at home. He said he used comprehensive treatment methods. Doctors wanted to remove the remnants of the tumor and suggested conventional medicine, but in 2019 Dixon fled to Las Vegas, ignoring a state order to bring her daughter in for treatment. , where the FBI tracked them down.
Kiley was placed in state protective custody, and Dixon turned himself in to Clackamas County police. Kylie was placed in foster care in the state and underwent surgery three years ago at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital to treat liver cancer. Later, after successful surgery to remove her cancerous tumor, the Oregon Department of Human Services dropped the juvenile case and she returned to her mother.
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The incident caused an uproar in the alternative medicine community. CBD may be relieve some symptoms Although it can help relieve cancer symptoms, such as reducing nausea and pain, the substance cannot actually treat or control the disease.
Nor can it cure COVID-19, as a Portland CBD store claimed in 2020. The state attorney general’s office told the owner that a sign claiming CBD oil could boost immunity against COVID-19 violated unlawful trade laws.
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