Pubdate: Mon, 18 Aug 2014
Source: Daily Telegraph (UK)
Copyright: 2014 Telegraph Media Group Limited
Contact:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/114
Author: Jacquie Langham
Page: 15

DON'T DENY CANNABIS-BASED DRUGS AS PAINKILLERS

SIR  I have had multiple sclerosis for 20 years, and in June I 
experienced the joy of walking through town without looking at the 
ground. My right hand, which had been curled and numb, started to 
straighten, and the fearful muscular pain abated. For the first time 
I slept soundly without sleeping pills, and was able to watch 
television without leaning on a chair to cope with spasms.

A dear friend had financed my first online purchase of Sativex, the 
cannabis-based drug, since two GPs in Shropshire and Norfolk had 
turned down my request.

I could scream with frustration and desperation, not on my own behalf 
but on behalf of all MS patients, many of whom are both younger than 
me and less mobile.

Jacquie Langham

Holt, Norfolk
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