12-06-2018 19:39 via theguardian.com

MPs condemn UK cannabis laws after epileptic boy's medication seized

Urgent reform called for after government denies Billy Caldwell access to treatmentMPs have criticised the UK’s cannabis laws and called for urgent reform after a boy had his first epileptic seizure in 300 days because the government had ordered his doctor to stop prescribing him potentially life-saving cannabis oil.Charlotte Caldwell, whose son Billy, 12, has scores of seizures every day without cannabis oil, had his medicine confiscated from her by customs agents at Heathrow on Monday. C
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