Lorraine Elwell states that her twelve-year-old son, Hunter, was experiencing epileptic seizures every thirty seconds, however, the amount of seizures being experienced fell in half as soon as he started taking medical marijuana. Researchers at the University of Sydney are seeking out families such as Ms. Ewell’s, who have found medical marijuana to be extremely beneficial towards their children experiencing daily seizures so that they can study the effectiveness of the drug.
At the moment, medical marijuana is illegal in Australia, however, various families have been sourcing it illegally from black market manufacturers and giving their children who suffer from seizures, they announce. There are no regrets about the actions they’ve had to undertake because the results have been excellent for their children. Researchers at the Lambert Initiative at the University of Sydney, in partnership with Epilepsy Action Australia, have started up the Paediatric Epilepsy Lambert Initiative Cannabinoid Analysis (PELICAN) Study. Elwell states that this is the opportunity for families such as hers to tell researchers how marijuana has benefitted their kids and has encouraged other parents to take part in the study.
“I guess we’re teaching the researchers this time which is really different, and they’re listening to us – that’s something.”
Professor Iain McGregor stated that his team would have liked to interview as many families as they can in order to observe the effectiveness of medical marijuana with their children.
“There’re two things we want to do with this study,” Professor McGregor said in an interview. “One is to understand the experiences of these families what they’re going through. We’re going to take samples of the oils that they’re taking from cannabis plants, bring them back to the laboratory and do an analysis of what they contain.”
Parents will have the choice to receive individual feedback on the Cannabinoid content of their sample.
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