In the eyes of the government Dannielle Luttrell is a criminal.
Why? Because she openly admits to growing her own cannabis to make CBD oil.
Ms Luttrell told nine.com.au she uses the product to treat her permanently disabled son, 10, who had been suffering up to 60 seizures each day before she started treating him with CBD oil.
The cultivation of cannabis is an offence in Tasmania unless it is done for medicinal purposes by a person licenced to grow cannabis under the federal licencing scheme.
Cultivating controlled plants such as cannabis or opium poppies is punishable by penalties at different levels depending on the amount of plant grown.
And even though she doesn’t sell the cannabis on the black market, the Tasmanian mother lives in constant fear of police persecution. However, she has taken the decision to speak out in a desperate bid to raise awareness of the issue.
Ms Luttrell said after much research, she decided to try Shelby on cannabis oil and within 20 minutes she started to notice to remarkable changes, which improved further over time.
“Cannabis has made Shelby's life so much better. He is eating via his mouth instead of only using his peg (feeding tube), he's sleeping better, he's a completely different child now,” she said.
“I will not stop using cannabis because it's working wonders. My son used to vomit if the wind blew past him and now he hardly vomits at all. He's a good weight and is looking really good.” “Cannabis has given my son his life back, he's doing things we thought were lost to him.”
Ms Luttrell said even though she has gone to the doctors with evidence cannabis is helping her son, they refuse to give him medicinal marijuana.
“They've said they want Shelby to try pharma drugs, but those drugs are toxic,” she said.
The young mother added even if she was approved the cost of medicine was too high.
“It's around $1600 a month for a supply,” she said. “They do subsidies here in Tasmania but try getting approved.”
Ms Luttrell said she hoped sharing her story would help people drop what she said are archaic views about using cannabis as an alternative treatment to pharmaceuticals.
As it currently stands, Tasmania allows medical cannabis in limited circumstances where conventional treatment has been unsuccessful, as does Western Australia, South Australia, the NT and the ACT.
Victoria has become the first state to legalise marijuana for young children suffering from epilepsy, while NSW also allows use for patients suffering from serious illnesses such as cancer or multiple sclerosis.
Queensland’s laws are the most flexible in the country, which grant patients of any age or suffering from a range of illnesses access to medicinal cannabis products.
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