New Zealand: work on medicinal cannabis bill underway
Moves are afoot to allow the use of medicinal cannabis following the death of Nelson teenager Alex Renton who was undergoing experimental treatment using the product.
The 19-year-old died peacefully in Wellington Hospital last night where he was receiving a treatment of Elixinol, which is derived from hemp rather than marijuana, for a condition which caused him to suffer repeated seizures.
Alex's family applied to Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne to be able to import and use the product and was granted a one-off dispensation on compassionate grounds.
Prior to his death, Alex had been brought out of his drug-induced coma and was breathing on his own.
In a Facebook post last night, his mother Rose Renton said Alex died surrounded by family, "listening to own music with a tummy full of mum's food".
Labour MP Damien O'Connor, who is drafting a private members bill which
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