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Mum’s horror as cannabis ‘cowboys’ use name to flog CBD oil after she won fight for son

Mum’s horror as cannabis ‘cowboys’ use name to flog CBD oil after she won fight for son

A mum who won a fight for her severely ill son to get medical cannabis on the NHS is being used by a “cowboy” CBD oil firm to flog its product on TikTok. Hannah Deacon helped change the law when she secured epileptic Alfie Dingley a prescription to control life-threatening seizures. The 11-year-old is one of only

A mum who won a fight for her severely ill son to get medical cannabis on the NHS is being used by a “cowboy” CBD oil firm to flog its product on TikTok.

Hannah Deacon helped change the law when she secured epileptic Alfie Dingley a prescription to control life-threatening seizures.

The 11-year-old is one of only three kids with access to medical-grade cannabis oil, signed off for use by regulators after stringent checks.

But a private firm has been using pictures of the inspiring mum to sell its non-medical cannabidiol (CBD) oil on social media.

Posts on TikTok by Swiss Peak CBD feature a clip of the mum appearing on Loose Women, with the caption: “Cannabis is the only thing to help my boy.”

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