Police question pregnant mother over cannabis treatment for disabled son

Rhett Wallace and Cassie Batten leave Epping police station. Photo: Joe Armao

A heavily pregnant mother has been taken into police custody and questioned after admitting to using cannabis oil to treat her profoundly disabled three-year-old son's epilepsy.

Police seized the treatment, made form a non psychoactive form of cannabis oil, and questioned Cassie Batten of Mernda, north-east of Melbourne at Epping police station on Thursday afternoon.

The mother left the station with her partner Rhett Wallace following the questioning. It is understood no charges were laid.

Ms Batten declined to comment outside the station, saying "I can't say much at this stage".

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The couple could face charges at a later stage ofpossessing a drug of dependence and introducing a drug of dependence into the body of another.

Ms Batten was interviewed by police after featuring in a current affairs program about the use ofa product called Mullaways Cannabinoid Tincture.

During an interview on Channel Seven's Sunday Night,Ms Batten said her son Cooper's health had remarkably improveed after the use of the cannabis treatment.

Born at 30 weeks, Cooper has endured a catalogue of health issues, among them cerebral palsy, epilepsy, infantile spasms and global delay development.

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Police question pregnant mother over cannabis treatment for disabled son