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UK: Prince asks MS sufferer if she's tried cannabis
The Daily Telegraph, UK
Tuesday 23 May 2000 Subj: UK: Prince asks MS sufferer if she's tried cannabis Date: 23 May, 2000 Source: The Daily Telegraph, UK Prince asks MS sufferer if she's tried cannabis By Auslan Cramb, Scotland Correspondent THE Prince of Wales asked a multiple sclerosis sufferer yesterday if she had tried using cannabis to help her condition. Prince Charles, on the fourth day of a week of engagements in Scotland, put the question to June McLachlan, 52, during a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow. She told him that she would be willing to try it, but feared she would be "out of her mind" if she smoked the drug. The prince then advised her to "stick to reflexology". The Scottish courts have recently shown leniency to several MS sufferers facing drugs charges after they admitted using cannabis to alleviate their symptoms, and senior police officers and politicians have called for its use to be approved for medical reasons. Alistair Ramsay, the director of Scotland Against Drugs, said the prince's question was "understandable". He added: "I am sure it goes through anybody's mind talking to an MS sufferer whether or not they have tried the full range of treatments."
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