04-25-2017, 09:26 AM
Vera Twomey Fights For Her Daughters Life <a class="" href="https://www.marijuana.com/news/2017/04/vera-twomey-fights-for-her-daughters-life/#comments">3</a> By <span><a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.marijuana.com/news/author/jhiltz/" title="Posts by Jon Hiltz">Jon Hiltz</a> </span> on <span> </span>
<span>April 24th, 2017</span>
How far would you go to have your child live a longer and healthier life? If your daughter suffered from a debilitating condition which made every day an uphill battle, would you break the law to get her the medicine she needed?
Vera Twomey is a mother from Ireland. Her daughter Ava suffers from <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.marijuana.com/news/2016/03/pediatric-epilepsy-young-life-interrupted/">Dravet Syndrome</a>, a rare form of epilepsy that is often treatable with medical cannabis.
When Marijuana.com <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.marijuana.com/news/2016/12/meet-the-individuals-behind-irelands-move-to-medical-marijuana/">first spoke</a> with Twomey in December of last year, she was celebrating the fact that the Irish Parliament unanimously voted yes on the first stage of a medical marijuana bill. The win was partially due to her tireless efforts of lobbying the government to allow cannabis to be a legal medical treatment....
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<span>April 24th, 2017</span>
How far would you go to have your child live a longer and healthier life? If your daughter suffered from a debilitating condition which made every day an uphill battle, would you break the law to get her the medicine she needed?
Vera Twomey is a mother from Ireland. Her daughter Ava suffers from <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.marijuana.com/news/2016/03/pediatric-epilepsy-young-life-interrupted/">Dravet Syndrome</a>, a rare form of epilepsy that is often treatable with medical cannabis.
When Marijuana.com <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.marijuana.com/news/2016/12/meet-the-individuals-behind-irelands-move-to-medical-marijuana/">first spoke</a> with Twomey in December of last year, she was celebrating the fact that the Irish Parliament unanimously voted yes on the first stage of a medical marijuana bill. The win was partially due to her tireless efforts of lobbying the government to allow cannabis to be a legal medical treatment....
<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.marijuana.com/news/2017/04/vera-twomey-fights-for-her-daughters-life/">https://www.marijuana.com/news/2017/04/vera-twomey-fights-for-her-daughters-life/</a>