East Kilbride's MSP has submitted a motion to Parliament in a bid to secure enough support for a members' debate on access to medical cannabis for children with drug resistant epilepsy.
Collette Stevenson hopes to highlight the financial pressure placed on the family of East Kilbride boy Cole Thomson, as they struggle to source £1300 every month to pay for a private cannabis oil prescription.
A three year battle for government funding has resulted in nothing, with the family forking out £80,000 to keep the youngster seizure-free in that time.
