Hannah Deacon who says medical cannabis could generate billions for the economy and create thousands of jobs has to buy her son’s cannabis legally from Amsterdam.
The brother of a severely epileptic boy has hand-delivered a letter to Downing Street urging the prime minister to help get a medical cannabis prescription for his sibling.
“It’s about making sure that there’s actually a pathway for people who have been on the illicit market to actually get to be part of the real market,” Shanel Lindsay said.
A move to ease financial pressures on people faced with significant bills for using a Dutch medical cannabis product has been warmly welcomed by a patients’ advocate.