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First Singapore case of cannabis-derived medication allowed

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A young girl with a drug-resistant form of epilepsy is believed to be the first and only patient in Singapore who has been given approval to use cannabis-derived medication.

Suffering from refractory epilepsy, the girl failed to respond to therapies and had exhausted all currently registered medications for treatment, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told The Sunday Times.

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