Medical Cannabis Oil Named After 11-Year-Old Boy with Severe Epilepsy
Billy used to have up to 100 seizures per day, but is now 250 days seizure-free after having product prescribed on NHS.
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Cannabis Gives 4-Year-Old a Shot at Life After Family’s Cross-Country Move
Maggie Selmeski, 4, lives with her parents, Rachael, 34, and Shawn, 38, and younger brothers, Maddox and Miles, in Littleton, Colo.
Doctored Marijuana Gives Relief to Boy Whose Parents Found No Other Way to Help Him
Despite research showing cannabidiol can help people suffering with depression, anxiety and epilepsy, doctors are unwilling to prescribe it for children.
Cannabis May Save Son but We Can’t Come Home to Castlederg, says Mother
A Castlederg boy could be saved from traumatic brain surgery that would take his memories and speech thanks to medicinal cannabis, his mother has said. Eleven-year-old Billy Caldwell suffers from a life-threatening form of epilepsy that has seen him endure daily seizures that turn him blue and don’t stop unless he immediately gets medication andRead More
A Powerful New Form of Medical Marijuana, Without the High
Jackson Leyden had always been a healthy kid; he practiced taekwondo, and he played lacrosse and baseball. But in 2011, a few months after his eighth birthday, he began having seizures several times a day.
Mom says Nurses Refusing to Administer the Cannabis Oil that Quell Son’s Seizures
The mother of a child with a rare, life-threatening illness says nurses are refusing to administer the medicine that most effectively treats his seizures
How Cannabis has Given an Ontario Boy a ‘New Lease on Life’
It’s a remarkable transformation. Even a shocking one.
Gold Coast Couple Unapologetic About Giving 13 Year Boy Cannabis
Two Gold Coast parents have publicly admitted to feeding their 13-year-old son cannabis to treat his severe epilepsy.
Parents Find Success Treating Kids’ Epilepsy, Autism with Cannabis Oil
But lack of research, poor industry standards and few doctors willing to prescribe mean parents left to experiment to find consistent dosages
Family Takes Giant Steps Toward Medical Marijuana
Erin Cleveland continues the journey to improving her 2-year-old daughter Lainey’s life.
