Cannabis oil saved daughter’s life, says mother of Dravet syndrome sufferer

Vera Twomey believes her daughter could have died earlier this month if she had not started taking a cannabis-based treatment.

Ava, aged 6, from Aghabullogue, Co Cork, suffers from an extremely rare form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome.

Vera began giving Ava cannabidiol (CBD) oil at the start of October to treat her seizures and found she had just seven over the month — a reduction of between 80% and 90%.