Parents of Toddler with Severe Epilepsy Seek Legal Review of Cannabis Oil Guidelines

This is absolutely heartbreaking. With conclusive evidence supporting the use of cannabinoid-based medicines in the treatment of rare refractory epilepsy cases, it’s disturbing that these poor parents have to go through this in order to get their son the life-saving medication he needs. 

Maybe you’d expect this kind of resistance in less developed countries, but the fact that this is still happening in the UK today is unacceptable. 

The first rule of medicine is to do no harm: By remaining grossly uninformed of the science behind cannabinoid-based medicines, the UK healthcare system is failing its citizens. This should not be happening in 2020 when the evidence and availability of quality training is at their fingertips. 

Full article available here.