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UK: Protestors want cannabis on government's agenda
Disability Now
Saturday 01 Jul 2006 Campaigners who presented a petition to 10 Downing Street have called for the government to put the issue of medicinal cannabis back on its agenda. The Cannabis Education Trust’s (CET) petition calls for the class C drug to be legalised across the board, with careful regulations put in place to prevent misuse by teenagers. CET also wants the government to set up a working group to examine possible legalisation. But the trust also attacked current government policy to arrest disabled people caught growing cannabis plants and urged ministers to speak to patients who use the drug. Activists, led by Andy Cornwell, CET co-ordinator, said the benefits of cannabis far outweighed the possible disadvantages of legalising the drug. Don Barnard, a member of the Legalise Cannabis Alliance, said: “For patients suffering from AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis and chronic pain among others, traditional medications do not provide symptomatic relief as effectively as cannabis. These patients must not be branded as criminals or forced to suffer needlessly in pain.” At a Commons press conference, Pat Tabram, otherwise known as “the cannabis granny”, said raw cannabis was preferable to conventional drugs available on the NHS. Campaigners also called for the cannabis-based spray Sativex to be licensed in the UK. A Number 10 spokeswoman said it would reply in writing to the petition. http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/search/z06_07_Jy/protestors.shtml -- WebBooks Amazing Amazon Store: http://astore.amazon.co.uk/webbooks05
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