"[Annie] deserves to be happy. She deserves to have this quality of life," Jane explains. "And if I'm breaking the law by giving her this quality of life, am I wrong or is the law wrong?"
Medicinal cannabis was legalised in the UK in November 2018 following a high-profile campaign - but full-spectrum medicines, which the parents we spoke to are sourcing, have not been officially licensed.
The family cannot afford a private prescription, which costs approximately 2,000 each month from one of the many clinics that have been established since the legalisation of so-called full-spectrum medical cannabis.
Both the NHS and private clinics can prescribe medicine that hasn't been licensed - but in the NHS's case, it is rare. In the past six years, fewer than five patients have been prescribed full-spectrum cannabis oil on the NHS.
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