Australia: 'The war on drugs gained another casualty' - Tributes as family vows to keep up fight of North-East cannabis campaigner

‘WE will fight for Debbie’s legacy for the rest of our lives’, say the family of a pro-cannabis campaigner who died last week.

Tributes have been paid to the prominent North-East marijuana activist following her recent death from cancer.

Debbie Watkinson’s dying wish was to see cannabis legalised in a bid to allow others to manage debilitating conditions without risking prosecution.

As reported by The Northern Echo, the Teesside grandmother devoted the last months of her life to fighting for the legalisation of the class B drug.

The nurse – who had worked in palliative care – said small doses of cannabis oil gave her a new lease of life in her final battle against liver, lung and brain cancer.

She claimed the oil allowed her to live out her days relatively pain-free and active.

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