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Let's get logical on medical cannabis

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 10/27/2015 - 08:45

I came have been advocating for the introduction of medicinal cannabis for about 4 years.

I am a solo mother of five children and my eldest daughter, 17, suffers from Dravet syndrome, a intractable, life-limiting and progressive form of epilepsy where she would seizure up to 1000 times a day.

My daughter has been on dozens of medications. She has undergone a vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) implant - one of the first in New Zealand - which was ineffective, high dosages of steroids, and other more alternative treatments such as sacral massage and naturopathic remedies.

By the end of 2012 she had had 122 hospital admissions for non-convulsive and convulsive status (ongoing prolonged seizure activity). Some of these admissions were to ICU, and despite having two very proactive and compassionate paediatricians we were told to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

My daughter at that time was...

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