Britain’s government was recently forced to examine the current law over medicinal marijuana when the mother of Billy Caldwell, an autistic boy with epilepsy, fought for his right to use cannabis oil to treat his seizures.

The Home Office has said that patients will get “the most appropriate medical treatment as swiftly as possible”.

It is currently reviewing the drug and in the meantime has set up an expert panel to look at individual cases.

Caldwell’s family was granted a licence for cannabis oil to treat his illness in Northern Ireland, but the boy has been “placed under hospital arrest”, according to his mother. This is due to the conditions imposed by the Northern Irish authorities.

Caldwell’s mother said, “Billy has effectively been placed under hospital arrest.”

“The Department of Health in Northern Ireland has refused to release Billy’s meds, which have to stay at or near a hospital in Belfast, for the duration of Billy’s treatment, which is basically for the rest of his life – or until somebody sees sense.”

“This is completely at odds with the view of the Chelsea and Westminster hospital, which said he could go home, and the Home Office, which recommended he did.”

She added: “Billy needs his meds at 10am and 8pm each day. It takes a few seconds to administer. I know far more about administering his meds than the hospital; I’ve been doing it for years.”

“It’s utterly crazy that Billy is being subjected to this sort of child abuse. He’s autistic; he needs the familiar, he needs his own bed, his toys, his garden. We just want to be home. As it stands, we have to either move to Belfast or make two four-hour round trips twice a day from home in Castlederg.”


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