Health Disabled people support cannabis

A quarter of disabled people are taking cannabis with their doctors'
approval, a study revealed yesterday. The survey found 195 of the 200
disabled people questioned believe cannabis should be legalised. Almost 70
per cent said they had taken the drug 39 per cent were men and 61 per
cent were women. A quarter said their doctors approved on them using the
drug, according to the survey in the journal Disability Now.

The people most likely to use cannabis were those with multiple sclerosis
or spinal injuries or diseases, according to the study. One respondent
said: "It helps take my mind off the pain. I have less spasms in my spine
and it helps me breathe easier. It also helps me relax a little." Another
said: "Cannabis is essential when everything else has failed, including
physiotherapy, pain relief machines and drugs." The journal carried out the
survey after the issue of using cannabis for medicinal purposes was raised
at the British Medical Association conference earlier this year.