USE REAL CANNABIS IN TRIALS
Source;
Essex Gazette
Date: February 12 2007
Web: http://www.gazette-news.co.uk
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A campaigner for the legalisation of
cannabis has said he does not believe trials of the drug for medical use are
worth it.
Don Barnard, of the Legalise Cannabis Alliance, said the Government
does not seem to understand naturally-grown cannabis is better than the
laboratory-grown version.
As previously reported, a trial looking at the effects of
cannabis on the symptoms of multiple sclerosis is ongoing at Colchester General
Hospital.
Mr Barnard said: "The bottom line for us is we cannot
understand why there is such an effort to use laboratory cultivated cannabis
rather than the natural plant.
"If we look at the pills they use in these trials,
they are more harmful than the alleged harms of the cannabis.
"Until such a time as the Government allows research
into using natural plants as opposed to synthetics, we're not going to get
anywhere."
Cited: Don Barnard, Legalise Cannabis Alliance http://www.lca-uk.org/