Australia: Family granted approval to import cannabis to help save son

A LOGAN mother who refused to give up has secured medical cannabis treatment for her son.

Lanai Carter said she wept with joy at the news that her formal application to the Therapeutic Goods Administration for her son Lindsay to receive his medical cannabis treatment through the Special Access Scheme had been granted.

Lindsay Carter is 17 years old and has been fighting brain cancer for the past two and a half years.

His mother Lanai has been campaigning for medicinal cannabis after witnessing its success in shrinking Lindsay's brain tumour and controlling the seizures he suffered as a side effect of the tumour.

After Lindsay was diagnosed, the family was advised that due to the tumour's position within his brain, surgery would be risky and potentially affect his speech.

Ms Carter said she and her son made the decision to go to the US for treatment. She and Lindsay...

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