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UK: Officer Took Dope To Beat MS Pain
ccguide Monday 15 Jan 2001 Pubdate: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 Source: Belfast Telegraph (UK) Copyright: 2001 Belfast Telegraph Newspapers Ltd. Contact: Website: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ OFFICER TOOK DOPE TO BEAT MS PAIN A former undercover drugs squad officer has told how she was forced to scour the streets for an illegal cannabis fix in a battle to beat the torment of MS. Kate Bradley, 56, said she was being made to feel like a criminal because she could not get cannabis from a doctor and had to turn to dealers instead. Her plight was highlighted by Labour MP Peter Bradley (no relation) in the Commons yesterday when he made an impassioned plea to the Government to recognise the medicinal value of cannabis for MS sufferers. Mr Bradley told the House of Commons his "courageous but desperate" constituent was, until recently, an undercover drug squad officer in the West Midlands Police. "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," he said. He asked junior health minister Gisela Stuart to persuade the Home Office and the police service that these people are "victims and not criminals". "They are victims of the torment of MS, they should not be made to be victims of an injustice," he insisted. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake
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