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Article: Why cannabis could be back in our medicine cabinets; Trials to discover the medical benefits of cannabis are providing some surprising results and it could mean the Government changes its policy on using the drug for medicinal use. Ben Hirschler reports.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- October 16, 2002
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Byline: Ben Hirschler
Somewhere in the south of England, cannabis plants worth a small fortune on the street are ripening in high-tech glasshouses.
But this crop, cultivated at a secret location behind a tight security cordon, will never be rolled up and smoked.
Instead, it will be processed into a pharmaceutical-grade extract as part of an initiative that could see cannabis return to medical respectability.
Two British research groups are conducting the world's biggest clinical trials to determine whether or not the Indian hemp plant ...