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17 years 1 month ago #40
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The people most likely to use cannabis were those with multiple sclerosis, spinal injuries or diseases.
So should it be free on the NHS?
So should it be free on the NHS?
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17 years 3 weeks ago #53
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I have a severe spinal injury & I use MST (Morphine), at no time have i considered trying cannabis. However, I know of a woman with MS who has had great benefit from it in the past. If the NHS can supply free needles & support drugs to those who CHOOSE to go on drugs then i cannot see a reason against, although i appreciate there will still be some who abuse the system, as there is in most things.
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16 years 5 months ago #600
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A quarter of disabled people in Britain say they are taking cannabis with their doctors' approval, a study has revealed.
The survey found 195 of the 200 disabled people asked believed cannabis should be legalised.
Almost 70% said they had taken the drug. Of these, 39% were men and 61% were women.
A quarter said their doctors knew and approved on them using the Class B drug, according to the survey in the journal Disability Now.
The people most likely to use cannabis were those with multiple sclerosis, spinal injuries or diseases.
One respondent said: \"It helps take my mind off the pain. I have less spasms in my spine and it helps me breathe easier. It also helps me relax a little.\"
Another said: \"Cannabis is essential when everything else has failed, including physiotherapy, pain relief machines and drugs.\"
The journal decided to carry out the survey after the issue of using cannabis for medicinal purposes was raised at the British Medical Association annual conference earlier this year.
The journal's editor, Mary Wilkinson, said: \"This is a real issue that needs to be taken seriously. Our survey found there are a lot of people who use or have used cannabis.\"
Earlier this month, the Health Secretary, Frank Dobson revealed he was considering making cannabis available on medical grounds for sufferers of multiple sclerosis.
He said: \"I am prepared to look at cannabis for medicinal purposes.\" However, he emphasised that cannabis should not be legalised because more people would smoke it and their health would suffer.
A recent poll carried asking whether there should be a Royal Commission into the drugs issue revealed the majority of people - 57% - were in favour.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/16046.stm
The survey found 195 of the 200 disabled people asked believed cannabis should be legalised.
Almost 70% said they had taken the drug. Of these, 39% were men and 61% were women.
A quarter said their doctors knew and approved on them using the Class B drug, according to the survey in the journal Disability Now.
The people most likely to use cannabis were those with multiple sclerosis, spinal injuries or diseases.
One respondent said: \"It helps take my mind off the pain. I have less spasms in my spine and it helps me breathe easier. It also helps me relax a little.\"
Another said: \"Cannabis is essential when everything else has failed, including physiotherapy, pain relief machines and drugs.\"
The journal decided to carry out the survey after the issue of using cannabis for medicinal purposes was raised at the British Medical Association annual conference earlier this year.
The journal's editor, Mary Wilkinson, said: \"This is a real issue that needs to be taken seriously. Our survey found there are a lot of people who use or have used cannabis.\"
Earlier this month, the Health Secretary, Frank Dobson revealed he was considering making cannabis available on medical grounds for sufferers of multiple sclerosis.
He said: \"I am prepared to look at cannabis for medicinal purposes.\" However, he emphasised that cannabis should not be legalised because more people would smoke it and their health would suffer.
A recent poll carried asking whether there should be a Royal Commission into the drugs issue revealed the majority of people - 57% - were in favour.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/16046.stm
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15 years 7 months ago #7221
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Point is simple? Cannabis helps for whatever reason in ms for some people. it should depend on the case?
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15 years 7 months ago #7241
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Not just people with MS.
People with all the different Arthritis' too!
People with all the different Arthritis' too!
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Funny thing is...I grew up in the 60s,...and the saying went...If you remember the 60s you werent there....
Well,I must have moved in the wrong circles cos I was never offered anything remotely Mind-changing...except Alcohol..
I was also active in most sports...Football,Cricket,Rugby and Chasing Mini Skirt Clad females....Think drugs would have slowed me down ......
I also saw most of the up n coming groups Live..Stones,Who,Small Faces,Kinks,...They all had one thing in common during those early years...They were All Crap xxxxx :whistle:
So...I was there...that why I remember them being Crap xxxxx :lol:
Well,I must have moved in the wrong circles cos I was never offered anything remotely Mind-changing...except Alcohol..
I was also active in most sports...Football,Cricket,Rugby and Chasing Mini Skirt Clad females....Think drugs would have slowed me down ......
I also saw most of the up n coming groups Live..Stones,Who,Small Faces,Kinks,...They all had one thing in common during those early years...They were All Crap xxxxx :whistle:
So...I was there...that why I remember them being Crap xxxxx :lol:
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