Hannah Deacon, the devoted mother who played a pivotal role in legalising medical cannabis in the UK, has died following what her family described as a “short and brutal illness.” She was 45.
Deacon became a prominent advocate for medical cannabis use after fighting tirelessly to secure treatment for her son, Alfie Dingley, who suffers from a rare and severe form of epilepsy. At one point, Alfie endured hundreds of seizures a week. Her campaign led to a landmark change in British law in 2018, allowing medical cannabis to be prescribed by the NHS.
