FOR: DEFINITE THERAPEUTIC USES

"People with serious chronic illnesses like Multiple Sclerosis, AIDS and
cancer get great symptom relief from using cannabis. It's not the case that
we all get stoned all the time. It does different things for different
people, but in general it gives pain relief and acts as an anti-spasmodic
and an anti-depressant. Lifting the mood is really important for people
with a chronic or terminal illness. It's terribly depressing being ill.

"Cannabis is not a powerful drug but it helps a whole lot of people.

"I have suffered from MS for 19 years. I first took cannabis for the
condition nine years ago and I noticed relief immediately. I suffer from
discomfort in my bladder and bowel and when I first smoked it I felt the
tension lift.

"The implications of this change in legislation for people like me will be
that they will be less frightened to try and obtain cannabis. We will still
have to break the law to get it but this will make it a bit easier for
people to seek out a supplier.

"We still have a long way to go, however, and I hope the next step will be
to make people with chronic conditions effectively immune from the threat
of prosecution for possessing cannabis and eventually for the government to
supply quality-controlled cannabis for medicinal use."