Boy, six, meets with Theresa May to help change cannabis laws to treat his rare epilepsy
A SIX-year-old boy with a rare form of epilepsy could see the cannabis laws changed after meeting the Prime Minister yesterday.
Theresa May met Alfie Dingley, who suffers up to 30 seizures a day, when he handed in a petition calling for him to be granted a special licence to use medical cannabis.
Later No10 expressed the Government’s sympathy to Alfie and his family - and didn’t rule out decriminalising cannabis for medical use.
The Prime Minister’s spokesman pledged to “explore a range of options to help him”.
But he added: “It’s important medicines are thoroughly tested before they are released on the market.”
Alfie’s parents want the Government to allow him to continue using cannabis oil, which is currently banned in the UK but helps with his symptoms.
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The petition calling on a rethink of the law on medical cannabis attracted 370,000 signatures.
His mum, Hannah Deacon, said: “This isn’t a time for bureaucracy - this is a time for compassion.
“I don’t want to break the law by going to Holland and bringing his medical cannabis into the UK illegally. And why should I have to do that?”