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UK: Doctors reject legalisation of cannabis
Press & Journal, Aberdeen
Thursday 03 Jul 2003 DOCTORS yesterday rejected calls for cannabis to be legalised so it could be given to multiple sclerosis sufferers. They also voted against a suggestion that some recreational drugs, such as cannabis, should be legalised and taxed. Connie Fozzard, from Cornwall, called on doctors at the British Medical Association's annual conference to support legalising some addictive drugs, where evidence had shown they could improve health. She said for many years people with MS had wanted cannabis or cannabinoids to be made available. "We do not treat other patients by avoidance of the problem," she said. "We should support MS sufferers." But Francis Sansbury, from Cambridgeshire, said the only drugs doctors should prescribe were those that had been developed, tested and licensed. The Torquay conference voted to reject the motion. Dr David Sinclair from Fife warned that more and more studies were showing the damage that could be done from drugs such as cannabis.
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