Now that multiple sclerosis sufferers Lezley Gibson and Thomas Yates
have been acquitted by juries of cannabis offences after admitting
that they possessed and used cannabis to relieve their suffering ("MS
patient cleared on cannabis possession", 29 September), the Misuse of
Drugs Act has become inoperable against such people.

The Government has been advised twice to change the law: once by the
Lords' Scientific Committee and once by the Police Foundation report.
there is no longer and need to wait and see what happens to tortured
mice. The Government must now listen and act to change the law.

Mick Humphries,
Taunton