Severe epilepsy is a cruel condition, one that forces parents to endure the desperation of trying to help an innocent child whose life will only ever be far from normal.
That’s why, after years of hard-fought and determined campaigning, a change in legislation exactly two years ago today brought relief to thousands of families across the nation, as medical cannabis finally became legal to prescribe on the NHS.
This apparent victory gave so many of us hope. We genuinely believed that every child and adult who had tried a reasonable number of treatments would get the chance to use medical cannabis.
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But two years on from the change in law, the reality is nothing of the sort. Just three prescriptions have been granted since. The disregard shown to those who need access to the treatments in the years that have followed is a national disgrace.
Though technically legal, medical cannabis is…
