New Zealand: Medicinal Cannabis User Goes Public to Denounce Ministry Review
Huhana Hickey used to take an array of medication each day to help manage her chronic pain.
It never eased it completely and left her feeling 'zombied' and in tears for two hours after work every day.
But for the past four months she hasn't needed the medication and it's all because of a medicinal cannabis mouth spray called Sativex.
The South Auckland woman has gone public alongside 11 other users and caregivers in order to denounce the Ministry of Health's recent review of the criteria for medicinal cannabis use.
The Maori health research fellow says the group believes the Government is dragging its heels on the issue.
"They are just fudging the issue but they are actually playing with the lives of people who don't have the resources.
"They have a duty of care for their citizens and I believe they are breaching that duty of care. They are not meeting their obligations to seek the best health options for the citizens of New Zealand."
Hickey has multiple sclerosis and has been in a wheelchair since 1996....
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