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UK: Fast response promised on medicinal cannabis
Alan Travis The Guardian
Thursday 08 Feb 2001 The government will move quickly to legalise cannabis for medical uses such as relieving post-operative pain endured by multiple sclerosis sufferers if it passes current clinical trials, the Home Office minister, Charles Clarke, promised yesterday. He renewed the promise when he appeared to give a progress report on the trials to the House of Lords science and technology committee, which has already urged the government to license the manufacture of cannabis products for medical purposes. Mr Clarke said: "If the clinical trials into cannabis are successful, the government is clear that we are willing to amend the misuse of drugs act to allow prescribing. The Home Office and the Department of Health were very clear that "once the outcome of the trials is clear, we will act expeditiously to ensure that any approved treatment can be brought into circulation". Brian Davis, of the medicines control agency, told peers he could not say whether the new cannabis products would be available within the next two years.
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