A Hollywood physician could lose his medical license after recommending that a father give his 4-year-old son marijuana cookies to control temper tantrums, according to California’s medical board.
Dr. William Eidelman, a natural medicine physician, improperly diagnosed the boy with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder before recommending marijuana as the treatment, the medical board said in a decision announced last month.
The board ordered the doctor’s license revoked as of Jan. 4, but a judge halted the revocation pending a hearing in March. As a result, Eidelman’s lawyers say his license remains active and he continues to practice, but the medical board said Tuesday that his license “is currently revoked.”
The penalties against Eidelman stem from his treatment of a young boy who was misbehaving in school and brought to the doctor’s office by his father in September 2012, according to the medical board report.
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Editor’s note: Attorneys for Eidelman say a San Francisco Superior Court judge on Jan. 4 granted a stay of his license revocation, but that order was not initially entered into court record. The court’s online records for the case were updated Jan. 29 to include the stay, which is temporary pending a March 12 hearing. A spokeswoman for the California Medical Board told the Los Angeles Times on Jan. 29 that the board still had not received any court order indicating the license revocation was stayed. “Accordingly, Eidelman’s license is currently revoked,” board spokeswoman told the Times. Further details are in the Times’ story, which was updated Jan. 29.