U.K. border security officials at Heathrow Airport have seized CBD oil intended for a 12-year-old epilepsy patient. Charlotte Caldwell, the mother of Billy Caldwell, told reporters that the British government had “most likely signed my son’s death warrant.”
Young Billy has a severe form of epilepsy that causes up to 100 seizures per day. He and his mother had traveled to Canada to obtain a six-month supply of cannabis oil to treat Billy’s condition. When they returned home, border officials at Britain’s busiest airport seized Billy’s medication.
Mum Vows to Fight On
Charlotte Caldwell said afterward that she was undeterred by the government’s action.
“I will just go back to Canada and get more and I will bring it back again because my son has a right to have his anti-epileptic medication in his country, in his own home,” she said.
“Let me tell you something now: we will not stop, we are not going to stop, we are not going to give up, we have love, hope, faith for our kids and we are going to continue,” she added.
Billy began treating his condition with cannabis oil in the U.S. in 2016. And last year, he became the first person in the U.K. to receive a prescription for medical cannabis from the National Health Service. But Britain’s Home Office ended those prescriptions last month. With only one dose of his medication remaining, the pair flew to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto for help.
Charlotte lays the blame for her son’s predicament squarely at the feet of Home Office Minister Nick Hurd.
“It’s Billy’s anti-epileptic medication that Nick Hurd has taken away, it’s not some sort of joint full of recreational cannabis,” she said.