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Drug should be prescribed Carl Wagner Letters, Hull Daily Mail Saturday 29 Apr 2000 There is no doubt cannabis relieves the more distressing symptoms of multiple sclerosis. It has been proved by clinical trials and anecdotal evidence from people with MS and is now universally accepted. However, the Government will continue to deny the medicinal benefits of cannabis until this "gift from God" can be placed in the hands of profit-driven pharmaceutical companies. Medical science has long since relied on the motive of profit for progress. If a cure can't be sold for billions of pounds, there is no reason to do research. In plain English, cannabis is too cheap to be worthwhile. And in addition to replacing more expensive drugs, it cannot even be patented. It is cruel, inhumane and immoral to deny sick people the right to effective medicine simply to protect the interests of corporate business. The choice for many MS sufferers is simple: Buy our medicine, or use a natural plant and risk prosecution. Who could possibly object to allowing prescribed cannabis to those who need it? A patient who believes using cannabis will help him could ask his doctor for approval. No patient would be compelled to use cannabis against his will and no doctor would be required to give approval if he didn't believe cannabis was a good therapy. Wouldn't this be an altogether more civilised and humane way to treat the sick and needy? Carl Wagner, PPC Legalise Cannabis Alliance, North Hull.
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