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UK: MS sufferers hope legal cannabis medication
Joan Mulcaster The Epsom Herald
Tuesday 16 Dec 2003 MULTIPLE sclerosis victims in Epsom, Banstead, Sutton and Worcester Park hope a new probe into cannabis will give it an OK as a legal prescribed drug to aid pain relief. This conclusion to an appraisal by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) on the use of cannabis-based medicines would lift the strain off many victims forced to obtain it illegally. An Epsom man paying heavily for illegal supplies said: "We are praying for this to go ahead - cannabis gives my wife the only relief she can get. "To be able to get it on prescription would be a dream come true. "To think you can just go down the chemists, instead of skulking around the streets, would be wonderful." Cannabis acts as a relaxant and pain relief for a condition which can progressively cripple, affect the digestive and renal system and cause great emotional distress. Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the nervous system for which no cause or cure has yet been discovered and many victims deteriorate to a point where they need wheelchairs. Early symptoms are so many and so consistent with less serious conditions it can take years before a correct diagnosis is obtained. The most famous victim, cellist Jacqueline Du Pre, who was brought up and educated in Purley and won many local music festivals as a young performer, had to visit many specialists before the disease was confirmed. By then she had already feared she had MS, became aware that the quality of her work was deteriorating and gave up public performances. To find out more about the NICE appraisal the website address is http://www.nice.org.uk
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