Patient's Mother Responds to Criticism of Medical Cannabis Use

Liane Maria Pereira is the mother of a patient who obtained the first Habeas Corpus in Rio Grande do Sul and took the opportunity to speak in front of Minister Osmar Terra, stating that as a teacher, she always believed that drugs were harmful. However, upon seeing her daughter suffer and learning about medical cannabis, she changed her mind. "Life doesn't wait," she asserted.

Liane showed a comparison of her daughter, Carol, before and after using medical cannabis in her treatment. "As a mother, I only saw my daughter going backwards," she explained about the difficulty of dealing with epileptic seizures and, most importantly, achieving significant improvement in her daughter's condition.

In 2017, Liane learned about Cultive and "became illegal" by adopting the use of the oil. After learning to extract what was needed from the plant to formulate the medicine, Carol showed improvement in her symptoms, so much so that in November 2018, she walked for the first time on an escalator and was able to donate her wheelchair to another child.

The teacher advocates that there is a "protective effect of the oil" and explained that there is a difference between the medicinal use of cannabis and the consumption of marijuana as a drug. Liane is allowed to have up to 12 plants at home and is aware that her children differentiate that "what is planted is not marijuana but rather their sister's medicine."

Regarding the extraction process, Liane explains that on the day they make the oil, the entire space is sterilized and all objects used are unique for that act. Additionally, no meals are prepared at home on the same day. "The only expense was for the small bottles, unlike the fundraising that needs to be done to pay for the hospital," she elaborated.

Currently, Liane's daughter has been seizure-free for over 300 days, and she concludes her speech by recalling how Carol has been able to achieve a quality of life after using medical marijuana: "Don't wait until you need to support it."