Queensland Father Who Gave Cancer-Stricken Daughter Cannabis Oil Avoids Jail
A Queensland father has been handed a two-year good behaviour bond for giving his sick daughter cannabis oil.
The 32-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty in Brisbane's Supreme Court to four counts of supplying a dangerous drug to a minor and one count of possessing a dangerous drug.
The court heard the man's daughter was diagnosed with cancer in 2014 when she was two years old.
She was diagnosed with a stage three neuroblastoma and given a 50 per cent chance of long-term survival.
The Supreme Court in Brisbane heard her father had researched the benefits of medicinal cannabis on the internet, and sourced the drug from northern New South Wales and the United States.
He cooked her food in cannabis oil and put the oil into chocolate.
The girl was in Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital at Christmas when she ate the food, and...
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