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UK: Cannabis User in Call for Debate

Graham Broach

Plymouth Herald

Monday 16 Apr 2007

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A Plymouth man convinced of the medicinal benefits of cannabis is
campaigning for a public debate about use of the drug. Stuart Wyatt
suffers from crippling pain from an undiagnosed illness, and says it is
relieved only by taking cannabis, which he eats or inhales through a
vaporiser.

Mr Wyatt, who lives on income support in a room in Morice Town, has even
been to Charles Cross police station three times about cannabis issues,
on one occasion asking to speak to Chief Constable Morris Watts.

He said: "I want to make enough noise to be noticed and have a public
and open debate, and I am trying to get a stall in the city centre.

"I don't understand why we are being victimised and persecuted for the
sole crime of wanting to be well.

"The Government is spinning information about cannabis being the cause
of psychosis.

"I think kids shouldn't be smoking the top-notch skunk, and cannabis can
be bad for people with a predisposition to paranoia, but the numbers are
negligible."

Mr Wyatt, 34, rejects the claimed link between cannabis and mental
illness, and says it has been used as a medicine for 5,000 years.

He claims cannabis is the only drug which relieves his symptoms, and the
10 days he spent without it to clear his system were the worst 10 days
of his life.

He said: "The pain I have is incredible.

"My whole body feels bruised and it's as if microscopic drilling
machines are burrowing through my bones.

"I also have mobility and dexterity problems.

"People are losing their minds on NHS medication, but when I take
cannabis I don't get stoned, I feel normal."

Mr Wyatt said: "Cannabis is a wonder-drug, 10 times more effective than
conventional medicines and 10 times safer - you can't overdose on it."

Mr Wyatt has founded a 'virtual community' which is now managed by
others. For details, visit http://humedi.org.uk

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