RANCHO CUCAMONGA: Conference examines marijuana as treatment for autism

The video was unsettling.

It showed Adrian Coombs, a 4-year-old with autism, agitated, crying, pacing frantically, his face contorted in anguish.

At various points Adrian would repeatedly punch himself in the head, slap his cheek or wipe his eyes.

Adrian is the son of Nathan and Maria Coombs, founders of The Autism & Compassionate Care Connection, sponsors of the Cannabis for Autism conference in Rancho Cucamonga on Saturday, Jan. 23.

About 40 people, the vast majority family members of an autistic child, attended the event at the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center.

For many in attendance, the images were a little less jarring, because they were part of their everyday lives.

Pam Houtchens, 49, of Hesperia, the mother of three autistic children, shared another unsettling image she said she has witnessed over and over — the look on the face of a doctor who had not been able to help her...

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