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Article: Minister opens door to legal cannabis use

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February 7, 1994
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THE DOOR to cannabis use becoming a legal activity - as a medicine - has been opened by Baroness Cumberlege, the junior Health minister.

Lady Cumberlege, in a statement to the Independent, said that if scientific evidence of its benefits was made available then the Government would not "rule it out as being used as a prescribed drug".

Cannabis as medicine is used by a growing number of people, particularly those with multiple sclerosis and those who suffer severe chronic back pain. For multiple sclerosis patients the widely and independently reported benefit is a reduction in painful and uncontrollable spasms. It is known to reduce pressure inside the eye in patients with glaucoma, and it is ...

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