Mom who gave daughter CBD oil for cancer treatment sentenced – KGW.com

The 2019 case sparked debate over a parent's right to control medical care.

PORTLAND, Oregon A Clackamas County judge sentenced a mother to 90 days in prison for interfering with her daughters care by refusing established medical treatment. Prosecutors claim Christina Dixon, 39, tried to treat her daughters liver cancer with CBD oil.

In November, a jury found Dixon guiltyof custodial interference and criminal mistreatment for refusing doctors orders and interfering with her care.

The case sparked debate over a parents right to control medical care. In 2020, Dixon told KGW she didnt believe chemotherapy was helping her then 13-year-old daughter Kylee. Instead, the Wilsonville mother used alternative treatments, including vitamins, herbs and CBD oil to treat Kylees cancer at home.

The case caused much uproarfrom the alternative medicine community. Though CBD may alleviate some symptoms of cancer, such as nausea and pain relief, the substance cannot actually cure or control the disease.

Doctors wanted to remove the cancerous tumor. Instead, prosecutors claim Dixon ignored a state order to bring her daughter in for medical treatment and fled to Las Vegas, where the FBI tracked the pair down.

Kylee was taken into state protective custody and in 2020 underwent surgery.

She had the surgery, and shes cancer-free now because of it, explained Kylees father, Jim Dixon.

Dixon said he felt there should have been a tougher sentence for his ex-wife, Christina.

I was a little saddened to see how easy she got off on all this, considering all the damage shes done, said Dixon.

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