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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Health
Aisyah Llewellyn

Indonesian mothers fight for medical marijuana for their children

Warastuti says medical marijuana would help her daughter cope better with her condition [Camilla Dewi/ Courtesy of Warastuti]

Medan, Indonesia – When Pika Sasi Kirana was born, there were no signs that anything was amiss.

A bouncing baby weighing 3.4kg (7.5lb), Pika soon grew into an active toddler and, by the time she reached kindergarten, was just like any of the other children in her class. An avid singer, she also loved to dance and ride her bicycle in the afternoons, filling her mother Santi Warastuti and father Sunarta with pride as they watched their only child thrive.

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