Australian family pins health hopes on cannabis in Victoria

Bobby Fulton is a cannabis-oil evangelist. The Australian woman uprooted her family two weeks ago to spend the summer in Victoria so her two daughters suffering a rare degenerative lung disease could get a steady, legal supply of the drug.

The family of seven has been given free accommodation in Victoria and free cannabis by a local marijuana advocate and says it is now taking advantage of last month’s Supreme Court ruling ensuring a patient’s right to consume cannabis derivatives, which Ms. Fulton credits with extending her daughters’ lives.

Back in their Australian hometown, located just south of Adelaide, 12-year-old Tabetha and Georgia-Grace, eight, used corticosteroids to manage the inflammation for years, but those drugs have caused serious side effects such as osteoporosis, weight gain and damage to the liver and kidneys, Ms. Fulton said.

Both need to be hooked up to a constant supply of oxygen

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