Medicinal marijuana: Queensland parents fear for sick children after cannabis oil bust

Concerned parents have expressed fears for the lives of dozens of sick Queensland children following raids on a South Australian cannabis oil producer.

Police yesterday raided Jenny Hallam's property at Hillier and seized chemicals and other substances for forensic testing, but no charges have yet been laid.

The raids sparked outrage as Ms Hallam supplied cannabis oil products, at no cost, to hundreds of sick Australians.

Steve Peek from Brisbane said his eight-year-old daughter Suli relies on Ms Hallam's cannabis oil to control her seizures.

"We only have enough to last until next week," he told the ABC.

"Yesterday, to try and stretch it out, we didn't give her the midday dose and at a quarter to six last night she started having seizures."

The vocal campaigner for medicinal cannabis contacted South Australian police yesterday.

 

"They realise they've done the wrong thing but they had no...

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