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MP Bids to Legalise Cannabis Prescription! 
Posted by FoM on February 24, 1999 at 12:49:36 PT
News from the UK!
The government has once again been urged to change the law to allow cannabis to be prescribed to people suffering from painful illnesses. 
Labour backbencher Paul Flynn said many people with diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis found "solace" in cannabis but under the current law were being treated as criminals. On Tuesday a grandfather suffering from arthritis was jailed for growing and using cannabis in his own home. Paul Flynn's Bill has cross-party support but virtually no chance of becoming law Mr Flynn, a long time campaigner on this issue, introduced a Private Members' Bill which would allow the drug to be prescribed by a limited number of doctors in an unlicensed form to named patients. Introducing the Bill in the Commons on Wednesday Mr Flynn described the 12-month sentence handed down by Swansea Crown Court on Eric Mann as "cruel and unjust". He said Mr Mann was an "intelligent, decent and otherwise law abiding man" whose "only crime was to use his chosen medicine to relieve his chronic pain". The Newport West MP urged a change in the law to correct "savage injustice". He told MPs: "The government is not tough on drugs, they're tough on multiple sclerosis patients, they're tough on cancer victims, they're tough on Aids sufferers." He said heroin and cocaine could currently be prescribed legally but cannabis could not. But for at least 3,000 years in every continent cannabis had been used as a medicine. "Unfortunately our judgement has been clouded by the recreational use and that has almost entirely come from the period where cannabis has been banned." The Bill, which won cross party support, received an unopposed formal first reading. It stands virtually no chance of becoming law, however.
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Comment #5 posted by phil on November 16, 1999 at 16:18:06 PT:
political issue
i can see no government in power beihing to demands or backing down,as i think they see it.i think this cause must be taken up by an oposition party.all the political parties at the moment are so bloody close,this could be taken up by one of them greens(no chance of obtaining any power),tories ha ha.sdp nationaly in with a chance.this subject envokes some strong feelings especialy if you seen someone suffer at the hands of an illness and in seeking comfort in cannabis suffer at at the hands of unbalanced judicial system.in the case of mr.mann from p.dock he would of had a caution if he had lived in someother county.what a system,gary glitter this week gets a trivial sentence for what i consider a hidious deed,by downloading such material he has condoned the sexual abuse of our most precious in society.what an arse we have of a judicial system.what a bloody way to go into the year 2000.i say the laws surrounding cannibis should be decided by the m.m.a and it's members.the end to suffering should be the main consideration,empathy.at the moment when a doctor ,having tried every avenue to aliviate someones agony find them selves with their hands tied.a doctor should be allowed to prescribe anything if he thinks it will work.it is not for politicians to decide(party line and all that crap)they haven't got to see people leave g.p.s surguries in pain.we in cannabis a cheap,safe and effective painkiller that works.
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Comment #4 posted by denis on February 25, 1999 at 14:41:26 PT
common sense will prevail
I find its a shame that law abiding citizen are criminals because they choose a recreational drug other than alcool and tabacco. I say to the polititians must you put us all in jail before you stop the insanity. You can have a drink after work to relax but we have to hide to have a joint. Who's the hypocript, who's the vilan ,who's compasionate to the chronically ill that could use pot instead of morphine or other harder drugs. Its time to wake up and smell the coffee, learn from history prohibition did not work for alcool its not going to work for pot. Unless you can put all pot smokers in jail and ensure that no prisoner can vote.
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Comment #3 posted by Trevour on February 25, 1999 at 10:55:02 PT:
Weed
I agree with the caps. Go easy on the caps. 350,000 Americans die each year from tobacco related deaths. Statistics show that Tobacco and Alcohol have proven to have far more detrimental effects than marijuana. 
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Comment #2 posted by Tyler on February 24, 1999 at 21:17:10 PT:
weed
Use some control in your posting. Although you're not really offensive at all, typing it all in caps and thirty exclamation points at the end will only help any campaign against marijuana. I agree with you on the point that people should be able to do what they want; to an extent. As long as what you're doing hurts no one else at all, then you should be able to do what you want. Marijuana, in my mind, has yet to be proven to be harmful to anyone other than the one using it. Furthermore, it is less destructive to it's legalized pal, Alcohol. Alcohol has been proven to cause many different mental disorders, while none for Marijuana.
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Comment #1 posted by Andrew on February 24, 1999 at 13:11:06 PT
weed
WEED IS A HARMLESS BENEFICIAL PLANT AND NO MATTER WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES PEOPLE WILL USE IT BUT THEY ARE JUST PURPOSELY BEING SAVAGE AND CRUEL PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO THEIR BODY . I THINK WE ARE LIVING IN A CORRUPT UNFREE COUNTRY THAT IS NO BETTER THAN HITLER LEGALIZE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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