Repetski and other parents of children with epilepsy who use Charlotte’s Web say Canadian companies do not offer a comparable product. Parents of children suffering from epilepsy say a recent move by Canadian border agents to seize shipments of medical marijuana oil from an American company could have a catastrophic effect on their children's health. Article Continued BelowCanada Border Services Agency said it is simply enforcing the law because marijuana remains illegal in Canada. Alex Repetski uses Charlotte’s Web as part of the marijuana oil he concocts at his Thornhill, Ont., home for his four-year-old daughter, Gwen, who lives with epilepsy that has left her developmentally delayed. The families have sent letters to the federal government pleading for the border to allow shipments of Charlotte’s Web, a type of marijuana oil that has been touted by some researchers as an effective therapy for hard-to-treat forms of epilepsy.

Source: thestar July 05, 2016 20:24 UTC