Her father Graham Levy said: “This is a small change which means importing will be easier and we won’t have to smuggle the medication in.
“While this is welcome we are no further forward on getting the prescriptions on the NHS.”
Despite a change in the law in 2018, few people have received prescriptions on the NHS for cannabis-based drugs.
In December, the NHS fasttracked a cannabis-based medicine called Epidyolex, which contained pure cannabidiol (CBD) but not THC, the chemical responsible for the high.
Speaking to the JC in October, Fallon’s mother Elaine said this drug “doesn’t work” in all cases and has been shown to have “side effects”.
She added that parents of epilepsy sufferers among their campaign End Our Pain who tested the drug noticed it improved their condition with side effects, but ultimately had reduced or no effectiveness after a few months.
Instead, the family is calling for the full cannabis extract – including THC – to be made available on the NHS as they believe it does better in combatting the effects of severe epilepsy.
