Adam Koessler is a loving father who was arrested on 2nd January 2015 for administering medicinal cannabis oil to his daughter Rumer Rose after she was diagnosed with stage 4 Neuroblastoma. 
 
 Adams bail conditions prohibit him from having direct or indirect contact with his own child who is in the Lady Cilento Children's hospital - South Brisbane. On the 9th January 2015, Rumer was moved to Intensive care after having seizures. 
 
 
 
 It is inhumane and unjust to keep a parent, who acted out of love for his child, wanting to prolong her life, away from her during such severe illness. 
 
 Aside from the excruciating cruelty of eliminating his parental rights set down on his bail conditions, this decision is contrary to what is already known and well documented with respect to the benefits of medical grade cannabis oil. 
 
 
 
 Adam is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates court on the 20th January 2015 charged with possession of a dangerous drug (cannabis) and administering a dangerous drug (cannabis) to a minor under the age of 16. 
 
 
 
 Medical Cannabis has been legalised in many countries and jurisdictions around the globe. There is ample evidence to show that it has many beneficial effects for cancer patients without the harmful side effects and other associated risks of current drug treatments. In fact working in conjunction with the recommended treatment regime, medical cannabis has also been proven to alleviate these adverse side effects. 
 
 
 
 Adam Koessler deserves to have his parental rights to see his child reinstated, the charges against him dismissed by a court, and the right to decide the treatment options for his own child. 
 
 
 
 In the case of Cooper Wallace in Victoria and his parents Cassie Batten and Rhett Wallace. 
 
 His parents are no longer being pursued for administering medical cannabis oil which has had a significant positive effect on Coopers seizures, however this family were put through a nightmare that should never have been their burden whilst dealing with a severely ill child. 
 
 
 
 Medicinal cannabis oil, its supply and use, should be decriminalised in Australia without further delay. 
 
 
 
 Close to 200,000 Australians support this proposition as evidenced by the Change.org petition in support of Dan Haslam www.change.org/p/jillian-skinner-decriminalise-the-use-of-medicinal-cannabis-for-people-with-terminal-cancer-like-my-son . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Please join our Facebook page to read more. www.facebook.com/adamfearlessfather ||||| Cairns community continues to donate to help cancer-affected toddler Rumer 
 
 THE father of cancer-affected toddler Rumer Rose Maujean has praised the outpouring of support from the Cairns ­community, which has so far raised more than $8000 for his daughter. 
 
 Adam Koessler said his family was over the moon at the amount of generosity, with all donations going towards paying for the costs of Rumer’s treatment and accommodation in Brisbane. 
 
 The youngster was formally diagnosed with advanced neuroblastoma, a type of cancer, on Christmas Day. 
 
 “I can’t believe how generous people are. It’s been really fantastic,” Mr Koessler said. 
 
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 The family is hoping to raise a total of $20,000. 
 
 “There’s all sorts of expenses setting up when we’re living out of our suitcases to make it a bit homely for Rumer,” Mr Koessler said. 
 
 “I was completely devastated when we were told about the diagnosis. 
 
 “But ... I’m feeling really strong and confident now.” 
 
 Rumer will start her first bout of chemotherapy at Brisbane’s Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital today and finish Friday, before a two-week break. 
 
 The treatment will aim to shrink the 11cm cancerous ­tumour in Rumer’s adrenal glands. 
 
 “We’re doing as well as we can. Everything is in place,” Mr Koessler said. 
 
 “Things are as good as they can be in this situation.” 
 
 Mr Koessler, who was forced to leave his job to look after Rumer, said he hoped the family could return to Cairns within 12 months. 
 
 “It’s been really hard leaving Cairns and all our family,” he said. 
 
 “Any donations and support we can get really helps us. 
 
 To give to Rumer’s treatment visit, gofundme.com/rumer_rose 
 
 Her progress can be followed at facebook.com/rumersrecovery ||||| Rumer Rose- Road to Recovery 
 
 Dear Friends, Family and Internet community. My name is Adam Koessler and this is my daughter Rumer Rose. In the afternoon of 18/12/2014 our lives were turned upside down. We left our family, work and friends in Cairns and are now living out of a suitcase at Lady Cilento Childrens Hospital in Brisbane. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Rumer is two and a half years old and has been diagnosed with aggressive cancer stemming from her adrenal glands. Rumer is absolutely delightful. A strong willed, articulate little lady who is the center of my universe. 
 
 
 
 
 
 I have left my job at St Andrews Catholic College in Cairns to support my daughter and her mother full-time. I aim to aid her recovery by providing the best possible nutrition and natural therapies to complement her chemotherapy treatment. Not to mention 24/7 emotional support. Rumer is Daddys girl and his biggest inspiration. xx 
 
 
 
 
 
 I am truly blessed, I feel the love of the greater community rallying around us and humbly accept any monetary assistance/donations to give Rumer the best chance of recovery. 
 
 
 
 
 
 With much gratitude, 
 
 
 
 
 
 Adam Koessler & Rumer Rose 
 
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 What is GoFundMe? ||||| Doctors said 2-year-old Cash Hyde would likely die after they found a stage 4 brain tumor surrounding his optic nerve just a year ago this week. 
 
 And he nearly did. After being subjected to seven different chemotherapy drugs, the little boy from Missoula, Montana suffered septic shock, a stroke and pulmonary hemorrhaging. 
 
 Cash was so sick he went 40 days without eating. His organs were threatening to shut down. His father, Mike Hyde, intervened, slipping cannabis oil into his son's feeding tube. 
 
 In Montana, medical marijuana is legal. Hyde had used it himself to treat his attention deficit disorder. When Cash was diagnosed in May 2010, Mike got him a marijuana card and purchased the drug from his own supplier. 
 
 Cash, now 3, made a miraculous recovery at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, but his father's bold action -- taken behind doctors' backs -- has raised serious questions about a parent's role in medical treatment. 
 
 Hyde said he believes it was the marijuana oil that helped Cash eat again and that the drug -- illegal in most states, including Utah, can cure cancer. 
 
 "Not only was it helpful," Hyde, 27, told ABCNews.com. "It was a godsend." 
 
 Dr. Linda Granowetter, a professor of pediatrics at New York University and chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, told ABCNews.com that Hyde's intervention was "fascinating" but "somewhat bothersome." 
 
 Granowetter said she agrees that cannabis -- the chemical form, THC can be found in the prescription drug Marinol -- is effective in treating adult nausea that accompanies chemotherapy. But there have been no clinical trials in children. 
 
 "Its virtue is we know exactly what you are getting and how much," she said. "I think that the fact that he didn't have the rapport and ability to be honest with the doctor is very troubling. Care is impeded when there is not complete trust." 
 
 Hyde, who quit his job as a car salesman when Cash was diagnosed with cancer, said he was afraid Cash's doctor might take the marijuana away. 
 
 "When you are told your kid has cancer, whoa," said Hyde, 27. "Then they tell me they have to do aggressive chemo and he's probably not going to make it. It's a lot to take on." 
 
 He had read claims by researchers online about cannabis's properties: "It's one of the best nausea and pain medications on the market," he said. 
 
 Because there are no pediatric oncology facilities in rural Montana, where Cash's tumor was discovered in a CT scan at the local emergency room, he was rushed to Salt Lake City, the nearest treatment center. 
 
 He was given the highest possible doses of chemotherapy for two months. He lost his appetite and threw up eight to 10 times a day. 
 
 "When he started the chemo, he was so sick," said Hyde. "For the first six weeks, he was blind. But his tumor was shrinking… It's the nastiest thing to see someone you love go through this." 
 
 Doctors had inserted a gastric feeding tube to administer cancer-fighting drugs and to help with his nutrition, but when August came the family experienced another medical "rollercoaster ride," according to Hyde. 
 
 "The G-tube burned out the inside of his stomach," said Hyde. "He didn't even have the will to eat." 
 
 By September, Cash had stopped eating for 40 days. "He was suffering terribly, and the doctors said it was the best they could do for him," said Hyde, who asked doctors to stop the chemotherapy drugs. 
 
 Instead, Hyde boiled up marijuana he had purchased in Montana with olive oil and measured 3 mm. doses that he poured into his son's G-tube twice a day. 
 
 Because it was illegal to use medical marijuana in Utah, Hyde never told his doctors. 
 
 Cash Hyde Makes 'Miracle' Recovery' 
 
 "In two weeks he was weaned of all the nausea drugs, and he was eating again and sitting up in and laughing," according to Hyde, who said doctors called his son's recovery "a miracle." 
 
 NYU's Granowetter said cannabis "certainly can increase appetite and improve mood...but the idea that it can cure cancer is ludicrous." 
 
 She said the drug is most effective in teens who have previously used marijuana. "In young adults or children who have not had it before, it can make them paranoid." 
 
 "It's awfully hard to gauge if a child would have a bad reaction," according to Granowetter, who said she would welcome clinical trials on children. 
 
 "We know from research that 30 to 60 percent of parents with children are giving them alternative meds like vitamins, shark tooth and herbs from Chinatown," she said. "That's why we spend a lot of time asking parents what else they are giving kids and trying to be non-judgmental and work with them and guide them." 
 
 She said most pediatric oncologists are "open-minded" about alternative treatments. 
 
 Mike Hyde said he did eventually tell the Utah doctors, who were surprised by how Cash bounced back with no permanent organ damage. They say the boy has a 50 to 80 percent chance that the cancer will come back, according to Hyde, who has since started a foundation to help children with cancer. 
 
 "We were told I was one of the best dads," said Hyde, who lived with his wife and their other 6-year-old son in a camper in a parking lot for the nine months of treatment. "Every encounter in Salt Lake City, we were positive and never quit fighting. I was told he was going to die, but I knew he hadn't stopped the fight." 
 
 For more information on Cash and how to help other children with cancer, go to the Cash Hyde Cancer Foundation.
– A 2-year-old girl was recently given a 50/50 chance of surviving stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer, and dad Adam Koessler wants to do everything in his power to boost those chances. The Australian man started putting cannabis oil in Rumer's food and noticed "extremely beneficial" and even "miraculous" results, he says—but on Jan. 2, he was arrested and charged with supplying dangerous drugs to a person under 16. While on the cannabis oil (which does not contain the compound that gets marijuana users high), Rumer was in less pain, had more energy, and was able to eat, gain weight, and even go outside. "Her skin color came back, her eyes were sparkling again," her father says. "Her cancer-ridden little body was alive again." Without the cannabis oil, her condition has declined and she's in intensive care on morphine, the Newcastle Herald reports. Medical marijuana advocates are standing behind Koessler, who—as part of his bail conditions—is not allowed any contact with Rumer. The NSW Hemp Party spokesman points out the fact that Rumer was put on opiate painkillers after being forced off cannabis oil and says, "The current legal position regarding the enforced medical treatment of an innocent child is unconscionable." The Cairns community is also rallying behind Rumer and her family, donating money toward Rumer's treatment, the Cairns Post reported last month, shortly after Rumer was diagnosed on Christmas Day. Two crowdfunding campaigns have raised more than $30,000, and a Change.org petition for Koessler to see his parental rights reinstated and medicinal cannabis oil to be decriminalized has more than 157,000 supporters. A Facebook page apparently run by Rumer's mother (her parents are not together, according to her dad's GoFundMe page) says her cancer was recently downgraded to stage 3. (This dad credits his son's recovery from cancer to cannabis oil.)