11 April 2016 - A Northland family believe a lack of funding for medicinal marijuana is preventing people from applying for permission to use the drug.
The Ministry of Health has received just eight applications to use medicinal cannabis in Northland over the past three years - and authorised seven of them.
All applications were for the pharmaceutical grade product Sativex.
Northland District Health Board is funding the medication for Alisha for as long as it is needed and it remains effective. The family had sought funding from the Government's drug-buying agency, PHARMAC, but were refused on the grounds there was not enough evidence it was effective for epilepsy.
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