Medical marijuana ruling a relief for Regina mother

“He would just hit the floor, no warning at all, smash his head,” she recalled.

Because of the frequent seizures over the last 11 years, Cameron said they’ve caused him to regress to a 15-month-old level for a lot of his skills. While she describes him as highly mobile with no sense of fear or danger, the boy is non-verbal.

The family has tried, unsuccessfully, over 20 different medications for Rylan. After the meds failed, they tried different diets. Those produced the same outcome.

In January 2012, the pre-teen had a quarter of his right front temporal lobe removed.

“That’s a pretty drastic measure to take to try to solve seizures,” said Cameron.

After acquiring a prescription for medical marijuana from a doctor, she used the help of different compassion groups to find a marijuana-based oil she could mix with coconut oil and then offer to her son orally with the help of a syringe.

“A little bit of oil three times a day is working and has reduced his seizures more than anything else has.”

After coming down from his peak of seizures, Cameron outlined how Rylan would suffer between 25 and 30 every day. However, since he’s been taking the oil over the last year, she said he now has an attack once or twice every two or three days.

“A huge increase in his quality of life and a huge decrease in the seizures.”

Cameron calls the Supreme Court’s decision phenomenal. She hopes her family’s life will be easier if she can find and buy the drug in oil-form from a licensed dispensary, instead of trying to figure out that process for herself.

“It’s ridiculous that you should have to smoke it or vaporize it, and so (Thursday’s) decision, as it stands, means we don’t have to break the federal law anymore.”

KMartel@rawlco.com
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by Kevin Martel

Medical marijuana ruling a relief for Regina mother

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