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Australia: Patients are out of time and cannot wait for trials

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 08:00

Mother says drug trial is a step forward for fortunate patients but will take too long for patients who are out of time.

That is how Waterford mother and Medical Cannabis Advisory Group of Queensland spokeswoman Lanai Carter reacted to the announcement of Queensland’s first medicinal cannabis trial.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said Queensland would join the NSW Government, which last year announced scientific trials for patients.

But it was not good enough for Ms Carter, whose son Lindsay has a brain tumour.

The Carter family has twice travelled to the US to enable Lindsay to receive cannabis oil treatment, which she said reduced the size of his tumour, soothed his pain and altered the frequency of seizures.

Ms Carter said while the trial was a step forward for a handful of fortunate patients, it was possible the limitations of the trial may set it up to fail.

 

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