A Melbourne couple could be charged for giving their three-year-old son medicinal cannabis who was suffering from hundreds of life-threatening seizures a day. Under doctor's supervision, Cassie Batten and Rhett Wallace use cannabis oil to treat Cooper's severe epileptic seizures as he did not respond to any other medication. However Victorian police raided the family's Mernda home, north-east of Melbourne, and seized all the supply - leaving his parents fearful that they will lose their son. Meanwhile, there are more than 100,000 patients who legally access prescription cannabis in the US with 285 of them being under the age of 18. And there's also a burgeoning market which provides 'weed for kids'.
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Melbourne couple Cassie Batten and Rhett Wallace fear they may lose their son Cooper
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They use medicinal cannabis to treat their three-year-old's life-threatening seizures
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They were significantly reduced from hundreds a day to two or three
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But police raided their home on July 10 and took all the supply
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In the US, medicinal marijuana is grown for kids with intractable epilepsy
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