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Medicinal cannabis my soon be legalised in Australia.
Medical marijuana can relieve muscle spasms so severe it breaks bones, Multiple Sclerosis Queensland's specialist education officer Tim O'Maley has told Fairfax Media.
And Epilepsy Queensland's chief executive officer Helen Whitehead said medical marijuana genuinely helped control seizures in people living with epilepsy.
Mr O'Maley, specialist education officer with Multiple Sclerosis Queensland (MSQ) said cannabis treatments genuinely helped people with MS.
There are "roughly 3300 Queenslanders" living with multiple sclerosis, he said.
"The reality of what we know of cannabinoid-derived therapies is that for people living with MS there are certain symptoms they can provide really good benefit for," Mr O'Maley said.
"Namely spasticity and pain management," he said.
Spasticity refers to muscle spasms and muscle stiffness.
"It is when the muscles get so tight and they spasm and that can be really, really painful.
"It can lead to joint and even...
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