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Doctor suggests mum tries cannabis to control chronic pain
03-22-06 | CroydonGuardian.Co.Uk | Kerry McQueeney

A Croydon doctor has been prescribing' cannabis for pain-riddled patients who are no longer responding to conventional medicine, a mum-of-two claimed this week.

The doctor who the Croydon Guardian is not naming has suggested patients suffering from acute and debilitating pain try the class C drug in place of legal medication.

One of the doctor's patients claims she is one of many now using cannabis as an effective painkiller thanks to the off-the-record advice.

The 52-year-old says she smokes cannabis joints' and swallows cannabis capsules every day to control the near-constant pain she is in.

For two years she took a cocktail of painkillers to treat osteoarthritis in both knees which both need reconstructive surgery following an accident as well as suspected multiple sclerosis and benign intracranial hypertension a brain condition which causes painful headaches.

She says she became desperate after her body built up a resistance to the drugs.

"I was the last appointment of the day," she told the Croydon Guardian. "I was concerned the opiate painkillers I was taking were not good for a long-term basis because being a former nurse I knew the addiction rate was high.

"I also felt they weren't working as well. Afterwards, I saw the doctor outside of the confines of the office.

"I was told some patients with chronic long-term injuries like mine, with this amount of pain, have found success smoking cannabis.

"The doctor said, you do realise that it is illegal, it cannot be prescribed and I have nowhere to send you, but I just thought I'd mention it to you'."

The woman said she was initially shocked, but a month later her pain had become so unbearable that she decided to give cannabis a try.

She added: "I'd always been against drugs but halfway through my first joint the pain had subsided for the first time in I don't know how long."

From then on, she bought cannabis whenever she could. It proved so successful as a painkiller she was able to cut back on her medication.

"I felt so much better," she said. "I've more or less been in constant pain for three years. Cannabis allowed me to focus. I could function. I could work.

"The only problem I had with it was somewhere in the chain I knew a criminal was gaining."

She says it was a fellow cannabis user in Croydon suffering from motor neurone disease who suggested she try a voluntary organisation which cultivates cannabis for medicinal purposes.

The organisation sends patients pure cannabis through the post free of charge in either bud form, as a cream or in capsules. The organisation, like a charity, accepts donations to fund the supply.

She said: "The procedures are meticulous. You have to prove it's for medicinal use. I had to get a form signed by my doctor to prove I was ill and they constantly review and monitor your usage.

"They cultivate it themselves and it's pure. No dealers are involved and that's very important to me. I take the capsules at night to help me sleep and I smoke during the day.

"People say cannabis leads to harder drugs, but in my case it helped me get off the opiate painkillers I was taking. As long as I need to I will continue using it.

"If these types of organisations continue to be shut down, decent sick people will be forced back into the criminal network."

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Cassius

Good for her! People are starting to realize that not only does prohibition not accomplish anything, but it has SEVERE drawbacks!

In fact, it is the GOVERNMENT who is supporting terrorists by perpetuating prohibition, forcing us to buy our cannabis from terrorist suppliers on the black market! We should make a commercial showing planes flying into the twin towers like the government did, only end it with "Prohibition - harmless?"

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Buzzby

I have a question for anyone who understands how drug scheduling works in Great Britain. If marijuana has been classified in Class "C", why can't it simply be prescribed like any other legitimate drug?

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dedbr

USA, hey hey?

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Great Britain has 5 major drug schedule's, most street drugs fall under schedule 1 or 2 because they are thought to be the most likely to be misused. Schedule one drugs are considered harmful and are divided into classes a, b, and c according to their percieved level of harm. schedule one drugs have no recognized medical use and their lawful production is exacted only by those who carry a Home Office liscense, which is very difficult to get. Even schedule 2 drugs require more than your average prescription to obtain.

 

FreeUpJahCure

Nice 2 know marijuana has helped yet another person...but the only problem I have with this article is (quote);"The only problem I had with it was somewhere in the chain I knew a criminal was gaining."Just beecause u deal marijauna doesnt make u a bad person even though it is illegal 2 do so. So what you are profiting by doing so, ur taking the risk of dealing it so its only right u get back some kind of return.Anyway the point im trying 2 get across is that just because u sell weed, that doesnt make u a bad person at all.

walstmonky

Right, but what about the fellow you got it from? The fellow he got it from? Do you follow all the way back to where the cannabis was grown? That might be easier in the UK than in the US as the Brits sure seem to love their homegrown, but in the US there's still tons and tons and tons coming from Mexico. Guarantee you trace almost any US commercial schwag back a few owners and you'll find a real life crim. Bet it's very similar for that 'soapbar' hash in the UK. I must say it's nice being removed from the black market...I understand exactly how the woman feels.

BTW, how can you justify referring to one of the first domesticated plants as 'weed'?

dedbr

Can I get a definition on that, Amen........and this...



I like to call it herb.... ...or for a slang term, "Married Iguana!" Catchy, huh?


Married Iguans hasn't caught on yet...

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walstmonky

I bought a parrot, why I don't know. I named the parrot Mary. The only time I like to hear the word marijuana is when the parrot screams "mary wanna cracker, bawwk".

Wasn't the Mariguana a cartoon character (possibly a Mexican drug kingpin -g-) in some underground publication in the late '70s/early 80's? I seem to be recalling the 'Fabulous Furry Freak Bros' cartoon books of yore...

FreeUpJahCure

Ok, so just because there is a chain of wee transactions that still doesnt mean that the grower is a hardcore, "I kill people for fun" type of person. I live in the US, NYC 2 be exact and I "heard" that theres alotta places where people grow weed and sell without being a "real life criminal". Im not saying every weed dealer is perfect, but not all are bad people. And I dont know where everybody else get there weed from, but I been smoking some potent shit for a long time now.