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MMJ Prescribed to 11-Year-Old Boy On the NHS in First Case of Its Kind


Medicinal marijuana has been prescribed on the NHS to an 11-year-old boy in what is believed to be the first case of its kind.

Billy Caldwell had been travelling to the U.S. to get the medication for help to treat his epilepsy which at its worst saw him suffer up to 100 life-threatening fits a day.

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But when his supply of cannabis oil was about to run out and he was unable to make the return trip to Los Angeles, his mother Charlotte took him to see his local GP in desperation.

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Dr. Brendan O’Hare, realizing the “unique and unusual” situation, opted to prescribe him the CBD oil - a derivative of cannabis containing the component cannabidiol which under MHRA guidelines doctors are allowed to prescribe.

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