By ANDY MARSO
KHI News Service
A medical marijuana advocacy group is collecting stories from Kansans who say they have been “persecuted” by the state’s child welfare agency for using cannabis.
Lisa Sublett, the founder of Bleeding Kansas, said the effort began after Shona Banda, a Garden City woman who says she uses cannabis oil to treat her Crohn’s disease, lost custody of her sonafter the boy spoke up at a school anti-drug presentation.
Banda, the author of a self-published book on her cannabis treatment regimen, is well-known in the medical marijuana community.
Coverage of her custody fight has spurred others to come forward with stories about the Kansas Department for Children and Families cracking down on cannabis users with children, Sublett said.
