When Paula Motta discovered medical cannabis in 2017, it was still illegal in Portugal. Her 10-year-old daughter suffered epileptic episodes up to four times a day – some lasting 20 minutes – while the 16 daily pills she was taking were ineffective against her Dravet syndrome. Motta decided to give her daughter drops of cannabis extract, and over time, the girl’s crises became less frequent. The teenager continues to take two pills along with two drops of cannabis – one in the morning and one in the evening – and episodes only occur “every fifteen days, for about two minutes”. “Medical cannabi…
