There’s a Croatian National named Huanito Luksetic who got arrested for growing marijuana to help him treat his multiple sclerosis. But after Huanito was busted, Croatians righteously freaked out and made a big ruckus.

As a matter of fact, it might have been the raw obscenity of arresting a disabled man for growing vegetables that radically improved his quality of life that put Croatia on the path to legal cannabis.

“I knew it would happen eventually,” says Luksetic, recalling the day in October 2014 when police burst into his home near Rijeka on the northern Adriatic coast, seizing some 20 kilos (44 pounds) of marijuana.

Luksetic is facing twelve years in jail but that’s a small price to pay for real change. The evidence is that Croatia has legalized medical cannabis due to the public interest.

Luksetic decided to give cannabis a try as a treatment for MS after he heard a lecture by the prominent medical cannabis activist Rick Simpson.

“I immediately realized the cannabis oil’s quality was key and that I would have to make it myself,” the 38-year-old said.

Three weeks into his treatment his muscle spasms and limping were largely gone. “I have the right to live, to help myself without hurting others,” he says.

Dr Ognjen Brborovic said it was Luksetic’s struggle that brought about the change in the law.

“If there was no Huanito, shouting against injustice and seeking help, nothing would have happened,” noted Brborovic, who headed the medical cannabis commission.

And once you let a cat like this brave Croatian freedom-fighter out of the bag, it’s very difficult to shut him up.

Click the video above to watch Journalist Oswaldo Perez Cabrera meet with  Luksetic in Opatija, Croatia. In this first part he talks about his personal experience in how he alleviated his MS symptoms with cannabis oil. Going from numbness, dizziness, impotency, immobility and almost despair to living a symptom free existence. He also talks about the effects of Hemp extracts in MS, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, HIV, epilepsy, PTSD and other illnesses. He also sheds a light into Croatia´s medical marijuana laws and how he was in jail for growing his own medicine.