Vera Twomey - fighting for Ava
Cannabis Voices19 Nov 2020

Vera Twomey - fighting for Ava

Vera Twomey is perhaps one of the most recognisable 'Cannabis Voices' featured in the podcast series so far, thanks to her determined and very public fight with the Irish government to get legal access to medical cannabis for her daughter Ava. Ava has Dravet Syndrome, a rare and catastrophic type of epilepsy that pharmaceutical drugs have no answer for. Before cannabis, Ava was having hundreds of violent seizures a week and was being regularly rushed to hospital. Like many parents of...

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Michelle Kendall's Legacy - Bruce Kendall & Professor Hinanit Koltai

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Treating cancer with cannabis and psilocybin - Nicole DiMonda & Jaime Brambila

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Jane Hinchliffe - How cannabis saved my life

Jane Hinchliffe - How cannabis saved my life

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Becca Allen-Tapp - Cannabis, cancer and embracing the suck

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Alvaro Torres - Khiron Life Sciences & the Colombian Experience

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Nikki Lawley - Cannabis & Traumatic Brain Injury

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Bonni Goldstein MD - a pioneer in pediatric cannabis medicine

Bonni Goldstein MD - a pioneer in pediatric cannabis medicine

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