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UK: MS victim in suicide pledge
Ananova Thursday 12 Jun 2003 Elizabeth Ivol said she plans to overdose on paracetamol next month and has made arrangements for her funeral. But she stressed the decision was not a protest against her treatment by the authorities but based purely on the deterioration of her health. Ms Ivol of South Ronaldsay, Orkney, is due to appear before a sheriff in Kirkwall on Wednesday charged with supplying, possessing and growing cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Speaking about the hearing, she said: "If the court case goes ahead then I am going to see it through to the end. "But once it is over I will not be fighting anymore and I am going to overdose on paracetamol." Ms Ivol said her condition has worsened in the last 12 months and left her confined to a wheelchair. In addition her eyesight has deteriorated and she was incontinent. She added: "The court case has nothing to do with it. I do not have any quality of life." Ms Ivol was diagnosed with MS in 1981 and later started taking cannabis to alleviate her suffering. She explained: "The first thing it does is gets rid of the muscle spasms and the pain. It brings my eyesight back and it calms the MS." Story filed: 17:13 Thursday 12th June 2003
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