Cannabis oil offers our son more hope . . .
THE brave fight of 12- yearold Billy Caldwell’s mother Charlotte to secure the controversial cannabis oil treatment he requires to manage his epilepsy has particular significance for our family.
Our 16-year- old son, Ned, has battled intractable epilepsy for the past ten years. His seizures are unrelenting and have robbed him of his childhood.
Like Charlotte, we attempt to protect our son from this lifethreatening condition every day, relying on anti- epileptic drugs that can cause side- effects and often do little to help when the condition is drug-resistant.
We applaud Charlotte for raising the profile of a condition all too often forgotten among other childhood illnesses.
Parents like us are punching the air that someone is fighting our corner. It gives hope that one day there might be a breakthrough. JULIe & KeITH HARDY,
Canvey Island, essex. CAN the Government get more hypocritical? People openly smoke cannabis and the police are told to turn a blind eye, but a desperate child needs cannabis oil to help control his epilepsy and it’s suddenly taboo.
Cannabis can be medicinal, just as morphine is. Morphine is classed as a controlled drug that is illegal for recreational use.
Cannabis can be treated in the same way: it can be controlled for medicinal purposes, but doesn’t have to be legalised.
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