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UK: Terminally ill cancer sufferer pleads with government to legalise cannabis Joanna Morris Northern Echo Monday 31 Aug 2015 Days after the Government issued a damning response to campaigners, a terminally ill woman has backed growing calls to decriminalise the class-B drug. In response to a pro-legalisation petition with more than 200,000 signatures, the government issued a statement earlier this week outlining the alleged dangers of cannabis use, saying legalisation would “send the wrong message”. The pensioner, who does not wish to be identified, has criticised the Government’s stance, saying the opposition is hypocritical given the fact they allow pharmaceutical companies in the UK to harvest the plants. The woman, from the south Durham area, is one of a growing number of ailing pensioners turning to cannabis oil in a bid to alleviate symptoms from a variety of ailments. The 63-year-old credits marijuana with slowing the growth of her cancer and allowing her to live out her days pain-free. However, the respectable pensioner is currently forced to pay £600-£800 every three weeks to a black market contact who supplies her with a small quantity of cannabis oil. The results concur with the accepted understanding of schizophrenia as a condition that is produced by both genetic variations in the brain and environmental conditions. People that have a genetic predisposition toward schizophrenia may have the condition accelerated by the use of marijuana before they are 16 years of age. The evidence suggests that marijuana use interferes with the maturation of the cerebral cortex in male adolescents at high risk for schizophrenia. The study group included 1,571 participants between the ages of 12 and 22. The study involved six percent more males than females because more males are subject to developing schizophrenia at an earlier age. The participants underwent brain imaging, standard tests for schizophrenia, and interview assessments of their use of cannabis. The people that were most genetically prone to develop schizophrenia demonstrated an accelerated development of brain structures that indicate schizophrenia if they used marijuana. The participants that had no genetic predisposition toward schizophrenia demonstrated no brain changes that would indicate schizophrenia. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/southdurham/13636063.Terminally_ill_cancer_sufferer_pleads_with_government_to_legalise_cannabis/
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