Lokacin da Billy Caldwell yake jariri, likitoci ba su yi tsammanin zai rayu ba. Yana da wani nau'i mai tsanani na farfadiya wanda ke haifar da kamewa a kullum—mai muni, mai gajiyarwa, kuma kowanne zai iya zama mai kisa. "Ba su iya sarrafa kamewar ba," mahaifiyarsa, Charlotte, ta tuna. "An aiko Billy gida ya mutu—an gaya mana ba zai wuce shekararsa ta farko ba."
Wannan hasashen an yi shi ne a shekarar 2005. A watan da ya gabata, Billy—wanda yake da autism—ya yi bikin cika shekaru 21 a gida a wani wuri mai natsuwa, kyakkyawa a arewacin Ireland tare da dangi, abokai, kek, da babban murmushi.
Billy yana raye kuma ba shi da kamewa, kuma shi ɗan shahara ne: yaron da ya taimaka wajen halatta maganin cannabis a Burtaniya. A shekarar 2018, dangin Caldwell sun kai wani mataki na siyasa da likitanci wanda ya taimaka wajen kiyaye Billy a raye kuma ya buɗe kofa ga wasu marasa lafiya su yi amfani da magungunan cannabis.
"Wani abu ne da ban ma yi mafarkin ba," in ji Charlotte a wannan makon daga gidan dangin a Castlederg, County Tyrone. "Ya wuce kalmomi cewa Billy ya kai 21. Ba wai kawai yana rayuwa ba—yana bunƙasa."
Billy yanzu yana iya tafiya kuma yana son tafiye-tafiye zuwa teku, in ji ta. "Daidaiton sa ya zama mai kyau sosai; yana iya hawa da sauka matakai a karon farko. Kuma yana son rairayin bakin teku, ko da a lokacin hunturu."
Wannan ƙarshen farin ciki ne ga labarin da ya kasance cike da zafi na shekaru da yawa.
Billy ya tsira daga jariri kuma ya kai ga yaro tare da haɗin magunguna, amma cutar har yanzu tana cikin jikinsa, wani lokacin tana haifar da ɗaruruwan kamewa a rana, in ji Charlotte. "Ya gaji sosai. Ana ciyar da shi ta hanyar bututu. Ba ya iya tsayawa."
Lokacin da magungunan suka daina aiki, Charlotte ta kai ɗanta a shekarar 2010 zuwa wani ƙwararre a Chicago wanda ya daidaita kuma ya inganta jinyarsa, ciki har da canza abincinsa, wanda ya taimaka wajen sarrafa kamewar.
Sa'an nan a watan Yuni 2016, lokacin da Billy ya kusan kai shekara 11, kamewar ta dawo "da ɗaukar fansa," don haka dangin suka koma wurin ƙwararren, wanda ya ƙaura zuwa Los Angeles. Bayan gwaje-gwaje, ya tura Billy zuwa wani ƙwararre kan cannabis na likitanci.
Bayan jinya da cannabidiol (CBD)—wani sinadari daga shukar cannabis wanda ba ya sa ka bugu—alamomin Billy sun sauƙaƙa.
Caldwells sun koma arewacin Ireland a shekarar 2017, inda likitan iyali ya rubuta ƙarin allurai har zuwa Mayu 2018, lokacin da NHS ta ce su daina. A ƙarƙashin dokar Burtaniya, rubutun magani na cannabis dole ne ya dogara da gwaje-gwaje na asibiti.
Da maganin Billy ke ƙarewa, Caldwells sun tashi zuwa Toronto, Kanada, inda wani ƙwararren likitan jijiyoyi na yara da ke gudanar da gwaje-gwaje ya rubuta CBD ga Billy. Lokacin da dangin suka koma Burtaniya, jami'an kwastam a filin jirgin Heathrow sun ƙwace maganin.
"Wannan ranar Litinin ne; da Laraba Billy ya sami kamewa ta farko," in ji Charlotte. "Da safiyar Juma'a ya sami doguwar kamewa kuma an garzaya da shi zuwa asibitin yara na Chelsea a cikin motar asibiti. Sun yi masa jinya da hannuwansu daure saboda maganin Billy yana cikin rumbunan Home Office, kusan mil biyu da rabi kawai a hanya."
Bayan fushin jama'a, gwamnatin Conservative ta ba dangin lasisi don man cannabis don yi wa Billy jinya. Makonni bayan haka, gwamnati ta yarda da shaidar cewa yana taimakawa wasu yanayi kuma ta sanar da cewa za ta sassauta dokokin samun magungunan cannabis.
Billy, alamar wannan nasara, ya koma gida arewacin Ireland kuma ya sami jinya a NHS, wanda dangin ke godiya.
Kamewar ta ragu sannan ta daina, in ji Charlotte, sai dai mako guda a shekarar 2023 yayin matsalar samarwa na ɗan lokaci. Billy bai sami kamewa ba tun daga lokacin. "Cannabis na likitanci ba wai kawai ya mayar mini da haƙƙina na uwa na bege ba, amma mafi mahimmanci, ya mayar wa Billy haƙƙinsa na rayuwa," in ji ta.
Charlotte da ɗanta Billy Caldwell a wurin shakatawa a London. Hoto: Charlotte Caldwell
Duk da haka, rubutun magani na NHS suna da ƙuntatawa sosai, wanda ke tilasta marasa lafiya da yawa su koma tsarin masu zaman kansu—wanda yake da tsada kuma marar dogaro, a cewar Charlotte. Ta kafa ƙungiyar bayar da shawarwari mai suna Transparent Responsible Adult-Use Controlled Data (TRACD) don tura neman canji.
Charlotte har yanzu tana godiya ga abin da take da shi. "Billy har yanzu yana nan, yana raye. Abin da ke sa ni ci gaba ke nan. Ba zan iya neman wani abu ba. Ina farin ciki kawai."
