HEALTH: ‘Legalise cannabis,’ says Labour peer GP
Lord Rea: 'There are real reasons why it [cannabis] should be made legal for researchers to concentrate on doing proper, controlled clinical trials to work out what cannabis can do'
CANNABIS should be legalised to improve research into its medicinal qualities, a prominent Camden doctor has told the House of Lords.
Lord Nicolas Rea of Eskdale, who worked as a GP at the Kentish Town Health Centre for 25 years, said the country was “crying out” for a change in the law.
The hereditary peer, from Tufnell Park, is an expert in the drug and served on a select committee in the 1990s that looked into its potential to ease muscle spasms and pain.
In a debate about new legislation banning all “legal highs” on Friday, Lord Rea said: “There are real reasons why it [cannabis] should be made legal for researchers to concentrate on doing proper, controlled clinical...
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