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'I break the law to buy my child's life-saving cannabis drug'

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Medicinal cannabis was legalised in the UK in November 2018 following a high-profile campaign.

But full-spectrum medicines, which the parents we spoke to are sourcing, have not been licensed.

Parents are going to extreme lengths to obtain these medicinal cannabis oils to treat their epileptic children.

Some are regularly smuggling it into the UK from the Netherlands , but it is illegal to bring it back to the UK without a licence.

People like Jane are turning to unlicensed cannabis dealers because they can be cheaper than private UK clinics.

One dealer tells the BBC he replicates pharmaceutically-manufactured drugs and gives the oils to parents for free or a donation.

The BBC is not aware of any families who have been prosecuted.

Department of Health and Social Care says licensed treatments are funded by NHS .

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informal

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English

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50

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possibly offensive

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short-lived

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