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UK: Cannabis study backs my claims - MS victim
Cumberland News
Friday 03 Mar 2000 A CUMBRIAN woman who faces a crown court trial for allegedly using cannabis to ease her multiple sclerosis (MS) yesterday welcomed fresh scientific proof that the drug helps sufferers. Lezley Gibson, 35, who has had the illness for 15 years, says the research proves what she has known for years. Scientists at the Institute of Neurology at University College, London, reported this week that clinical trials on mice had proved how a cannabis ingredient known as THC was effective in reducing the muscle tremor and spasticity which can effect some MS sufferers. Mrs Gibson, from Alston, has long maintained that the drug can play a key part in reducing MS symptoms. She said: "I feel sorry for the poor mouse, but this is the kind of proof that people will listen to. "There are hundreds of MS sufferers suing cannabis and curing themselves, but what we've said has been dismissed as 'anecdotal evidence.' "What more proof do they need?" Her husband, Mark, 35, who this week announced his intention to stand as an official parliamentary candidate in Penrith and the Border for the Legalise Cannabis Alliance, said: "I can't now see how they can continue with the case against Lezley. "If MS sufferers know they will be able to run around and feel normal, they will take anything that can help them achieve that. "There is evidence that the number of deaths caused by legal drugs far outweighs the deaths caused by illegal drugs. "This latest research shows that what Lezley and people like her have been saying for years is not rubbish. "This research is clear clinical evidence that cannabis helps people with MS. We didn't make up the claims that cannabis helps to prevent MS symptoms."
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