Oregon woman who treated daughter’s cancer with CBD oil found guilty of mistreatment

mom and daughter on courthouse steps

Oregonian file photo of Christina Dixon, left, and her daughter Kylee Dixon outside the Clackamas County Courthouse. Christina Dixon, 39, faces 19 months in prison in a case that became an emblem of the debate over a parent’s right to refuse established medical advice.Jayati Ramakrishnan

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An Oregon woman who tried to treat her daughter’s liver cancer with CBD oil and then fled with the girl has been found guilty of interfering with the teenager’s care.

Christina Gale Dixon, 39, faces 19 months in prison in a case that became an emblem of the debate over a parent’s right to refuse established medical advice.

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