Man Arrested for Treating His Daughter with Cannabis Oil
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An online campaign has been started in aid of Adam Koessler, a man who was recently arrested for treating his seriously ill daughter with cannabis oil. He’s currently awaiting trial. His 2-year old daughter had recently been diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer which develops from ‘neuroblast’ nerve cells along the back of the chest and stomach. Since these cells are left over from in utero development, it exclusively affects young children.
THC (the active ingredient in cannabis) has already proven
to be an extremely effective cancer treatment in parts of the world where the
law permits it, but it’s had particularly positive results both against
neuroblastic and lymphoblastic cancers. Sadly for Koessler, the overwhelming
evidence in favour of this treatment (and the improvements he saw in his
daughter while she was getting it) didn't stop him from being arrested by the
Australian fuzz. He’s currently out on bail and awaiting further charges.
Encouragingly, the online response to this has been
overwhelming and entirely in Koessler’s favour. A campaign on Change.org has
already reached over 140,000 signatures, only needing another 8300 in order to
hopefully have the charges thrown out of court. The petition references another
case from last summer, in which parents Cassie Batten and Rhett Wallace were
threatened with legal action after giving similar treatment to their toddler
Cooper for his severe epilepsy. At one stage it was suggested that the child
might have been taken away from them. Thankfully in that case the online
supported saved them from any further persecution.
More and more nations are beginning to steer towards
medicinal marijuana. In the US it’s legal in 23 states, with New York,
Minnesota and Maryland joining the fold only last year. Here in the UK there is
some, strictly sanctioned legal access to prescribed cannabis treatments, but
it’s so disproportionately expensive (the average patient would have to spend
upwards of 4 grand per year to properly implement it) that it practically
renders it null and void. In Australia, not only is medical marijuana
completely prohibited, but the drug is also federally regarded in the same
category and heroin, MDMA and mescaline.
Before his arrest, Koessler claimed that he’d seen extremely
positive results. “What we saw
when Rumer was given the medical cannabis oil was nothing short of miraculous.”
He wrote “Her cancer ridden little body was alive again — Rumer had almost
instant quality of life…Her skin color came back, her eyes were sparkling
again…We were certain after seeing these results that her recovery was entirely
possible.”
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Callum Davies
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