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UK: Cannabis: Former councillor's verdict

Marc Baker

Wales on Sunday

Sunday 24 Apr 2005

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A FORMER councillor who is battling prostate cancer and diabetes last night
told how a spoonful of cannabis makes his medicine go down.

Pensioner Glyn Williams, 74, says cannabis is the best thing he has ever
taken to combat the pain from his crippling illnesses which have left him
wheelchair-bound.

The former Delyn borough councillor was forced to step down as a community
leader in 1983 after he was struck down by multiple sclerosis.

Mr Williams, of The Square, Caerwys, says he was forced to break the law
after his health took a turn for the worse.

Mr Williams receives his weekly fix through Bud Buddies for free because of
the severity of his illness.

He said: "My 69-year-old wife Margaret mixes a tea-spoon of cannabis with
yoghurt each night for me before I go to bed.

"I wake up each morning feeling relaxed and refreshed. I have been taking
it for 18 months and I get a much better night's sleep.

"My doctor knows I take it and he backs me. I don't know what my former
council colleagues would think but I don't give a damn so long as it does
me good.

"I have no intention of stopping and I don't mind speaking out about it.
Not at all. My doctor is quite happy and my five children support me."




 

 

 

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