Family in pot ad is real; so is daughter's treatment
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“That’s the goal for this year, to get her to ride,” said Heather Benton, standing in the backyard of the rental house as Addyson slid into the seat, lifted her sunny face and beamed. “But it’s one thing at a time.”
Heather and Adam Benton have family, friends and a home in Butler County’s Liberty Township. Life revolved around rearing Addyson, who has myoclonic epilepsy. The disease has resisted what traditional medicine can offer. So in March, the Bentons spent their savings to become refugees, moving to Colorado simply to treat Addyson with the one thing that now gives them hope — medical marijuana.
“It’s like night and day,” Heather Benton said Tuesday, as Addyson played on the trike. “She is doing so much better now,...
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