Australia: Supporters Argue Medicinal Cannabis Use Is Vital to Easing Suffering in Many Cases
Medicinal cannabis supporters argue the drug eases suffering of patients all over the world and its safe use is dependent on practitioner support.
IT is with extreme disappointment that I read the opinion piece by Dr Jenny Martin ('Putting ice on hype over medicinal marijuana’, Herald, 12/8).
I am not a medical practitioner, but I have better knowledge than most on the medical benefits of cannabis for patients in extreme distress after watching my 25-year-old son succumb to bowel cancer last year.
The rush to act on medical cannabis is driven by thousands of Australians, just like Dan, who do not have sufficient outcomes with pharmaceuticals and may turn to illicit cannabis as a matter of last resort.
I have heard directly from hundreds of these sick and desperate patients and I believe that if we consider ourselves as a compassionate country, we owe it to the sick to provide a natural alternative to mainstream pharmaceuticals if that is what works best for...
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