TAMWORTH’S police chief has moved to quell fears local cancer patient Dan Haslam could have his cannabis medicine seized in the wake of a shock raid in Melbourne this week. Medical marijuana advocates are incensed at a Victoria Police decision to raid the home of former Tamworth woman Cassie Batten, who has been using a cannabis tincture to control the life-threatening symptoms of her three-year-old son Cooper’s epilepsy. Officers from the state’s child abuse squad executed a search warrant and seized the tinctures for testing, taking the heavily pregnant Ms Batten in for questioning. She could face charges of possessing a drug of dependence and introducing a drug of dependence into the body of another person. Ms Batten told media yesterday Cooper, who suffers from a litany of conditions, had already begun having seizures again.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 01:05:21 +0000
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