"It's a never-ending cycle of prescription drugs," Michelle said.

She started researching the benefits of cannabis oil after her oncologist told her about the drug's successes in Adelaide.

"It was legalised down there at one stage for cancer patients. There were good results," she said.

Michelle said her research indicates the use of cannabis oil would help alleviate many of her symptoms including pain, nausea, return her appetite, and could even reduce tumour sizes.

"It would give me a better quality of life. I wouldn't be in pain, I could do things - I could possibly walk down to the end of the backyard without having to stop twice.

The Queensland Government has recently changed legislation, making targeted trials of medical cannabis for children with epilepsy a possibility.

"I'd like to see the trails open to everybody - especially for palliative care. What choice do I have now? Just sit back and wait?"

Health Minister Cameron Dick said he appreciated there was growing community interest in the therapeutic potential of cannabis-derived compounds for a number of conditions, including cancer-related nausea, neuropathic pain, and muscle spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis.

"The premier has previously announced that Queensland will undertake a trial of medicinal cannabis in children with severe, drug-resistant epilepsy," Mr Dick said.

"The government recently amended the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 to allow the chief executive of Queensland Health to approve a person to administer, dispense, manufacture, obtain, possess, prescribe, supply or use cannabis for or in connection with, an approved clinical trial, or an approval under the Special Access Scheme. The cultivation, possession and distribution of cannabis or cannabis products remain a crime in Queensland."

reference: http://www.caboolturenews.com.au/news/drugs-help-ease-pain/2903270/