CANNABIS AS MEDICINE
Cannabis shouldn’t be the Last resort
it should be the First resort
((The industrial hemp used to produce
Elixinol is a variety of cannabis which does
not contain the psychoactive properties of
THC. Industrial hemp, including that used
to produce Elixinol, is essentially a cousin
of marijuana and (for most people) a more
practical source of cannabinoids.)
R
ose started campaigning for
Medicinal Cannabis back in
2015 when her 19 year old son,
Alex Renton, was in Wellington
Hospital in an induced coma for
seizures. "It was worrying, as he had
no previous history of epilepsy or any
illness," says Rose.
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Alex was the first person to get Elixinol
approved for use in a New Zealand hospital
since prohibition (Misuse of Drugs Act 1975).
He might still be alive today if we had been