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UK: Former cop walked streets searching for drugs
Sky News Tuesday 09 Jan 2001 Kate Bradley, who worked for the West Midlands Police, had to give up her job after she discovered she had the disease. Now she smokes four large joints a day to help combat the symptoms. Mrs Bradley, 56, said she first bought cannabis from a dealer. "Within an hour, after all those years, I felt the relief I was crying out for." Her case was highlighted in the House of Commons by Labour MP Peter Bradley, no relation, who made a plea for the medicinal value of cannabis to MS sufferers to be recognised. He said: "It was her job to pursue and to lock up the people who peddled drugs. Now,she is out on the streets seeking to secure the only relief that she can have for the pain that she suffers from." These people are victims of the torment of MS, they should not be made to be victims of an injustice. Mrs Bradley, who has a daughter and is married to a school caretaker, joined the police when she was 20 in 1964 and worked undercover with the vice squad exposing drug dealers. However she was forced to quit when she became ill with MS in the 1970s. She said: For years I suffered horrendous pain. It was like living in a hornet's nest, with pain in my arms, legs, tongue, everywhere. 'The doctors put me on morphine but that didn't work. Then someone mentioned cannabis and in desperation I tried it.' She added: 'I just pray that the Government will change the law to recognise cannabis for its medicinal qualities.' Junior health minister Gisela Stuart said a report on research was due in 2003 and the government would then make a decision on the evidence.
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