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Several hours ago,/ it became official:/medical marijuana is nowlegal in the UK.// Now, the Britishhome secretary, Sajid Javid, says/that the change in policy came inresponse to concerns from parentsof children with conditions likesevere epilepsy.// Erin McLaughlinspoke with one such family desperatelyawaiting treatment.//

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“Ayub is the light in our house.//And basically,/ when Ayub ishappy,/ we are happy.”// （MahboobHaniffa, Father of Ayub）

Five-year-old Ayub was born partiallyblind.// He suffers from cysticfibrosis and epilepsy.// The frequentand uncontrollable seizures worryhis family most.//

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His parents believe medical marijuanamay help.//

“And he’s on about three medicationsat the minute/ to keep the seizuresdown.// The amo...amount ofmedication he takes—/ for a smallbaby like this, it’s a lot.// And Iwant to try to...”// （Mahboob Haniffa）

“You want to try medical marijuana?”//（CNN）

“Yeah, because there’s a lot ofsuccess stories.// A lo...lot of countrieshave legalized it.// And I needto have a right to try it on myson.”// （Mahboob Haniffa）//（CNN）

“You have children with severalhundred seizures a week,/ and theycan go down to a very, very few seizuresa week/ or, in some cases,even stop the seizures altogether—/at the same time as stopping orcertainly reducing the dose of theirexisting anticonvulsants.”// （ProfessorMike Barnes, Medical-Cannabis Advocate）