Cannabis Saved Our Granddaughter's Life, So We Donated $33.7 Million to Medical Cannabis Research
Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 10/20/2016 - 09:19
Would you be prepared to break the law to save your child’s life?
“Who do you love more than your children? – your grandchildren,” says Joy Lambert, Katelyn’s grandmother. “So at 67 I decided I could be civilly disobedient and just do what was right for the children with epilepsy. That’s how I see it.”That’s just what happened to the Lambert family from Sydney Australia, who decided to give Katelyn, then just a baby, a cannabis extract.
A Bleak Future for Katelyn
Katelyn, now 4, was born with a rare genetic disorder called Dravet Syndrome, which at its worst saw her fitting over a thousand times a day. Starting when she was just 6 months old, Katelyn’s future looked bleak; despite taking a cocktail of antiepileptic medication, her seizures continued unabated, damaging her brain and mental function.
After a particularly harrowing two-and-a-half-hour seizure...
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