No Cannabis in Nova Scotia Group Home, Despite Girl's Prescription
12-year-old in provincial care denied permission to try medical marijuana to treat severe epilepsy.
Parents of a girl with severe epilepsy want to try treating their daughter with medicinal cannabis, but because she's living in a provincial care home, Nova Scotia's Department of Community Services won't allow it.
Morgan Oulton was born with multiple brain abnormalities and suffers from various forms of epilepsy. The 12-year-old has also been diagnosed with a variety of behaviour disorders, cognitive impairment, as well as autism.
Since she was three-years-old, Morgan has been on a series of medications to control her conditions. The drugs have had various rates of success, but also side effects.
A vicious cycle
Morgan, right, has been living in a provincial care home for the past nine months. (Phlis McGregor/CBC)
"We want Morgan [to have] an opportunity to try [medical cannabis] because we've just...
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