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Ms Kelly, who has lung cancer, said she hoped her application would be granted as soon as possible.
"[Dunne] said it took him an hour once he got the last application, so I'm hoping to hear today," she said.
Ms Kelly is already using cannabis oil to ease her pain, and said the drug had been "brilliant" for helping with nausea, lost appetite, and pain relief following chemotherapy.
"I want it in a form that is metered," she said. "The product that I've applied for has got a much weaker strength in the daytime and a stronger strength at night.She now wants a legal, regular supply of the drug.
"I don't want to be stoned in the day. And if I take morphine or cannabis during the day, it...
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