Cork boy first to be legally treated with cannabis in Ireland

A two-year-old boy with a rare form of epilepsy is the first person in Ireland to be legally treated with cannabis.

Cork boy first to be legally treated with cannabis in Ireland

A two-year-old boy with a rare form of epilepsy is the first person in Ireland to be legally treated with cannabis.

Tristan Forde, from Dunmanway, West Cork, went from having up to 20 seizures a day to practically none through the medicated use of cannabis oil.

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