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Originally Posted by kestrelx
You are wrong - I posted a legitmate link from a BBC program that contradicts what you are saying!
I aleady posted the link to this program which clearly stated a woman was denied this Sativex and then a consultant who was prescribing it was told by the NHS Trust he worked for to stop issueing prescriptions - when one woman claimed until she tried Sativex was going to commit suicide... so again you are not getting the facts right!
Also not all NHS trusts can provide it anyway, because all trusts prioritise what drugs they think are needed more - so not all NHS areas provide this drug! Which means many MS sufferers do buy illegal cannabis to meet their needs!
Your point about pharmacutrical companies wanting to legalise it I doubt it! If it was legal then that would mean people could grow their own and that would cut their profits! Drugs like asparin, paracetomol etc can't be "home grown" they have to be bought from chemists and make companies Billions - you can't grow your own paracetomol!
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No, if it was legalised, then I am pretty sure that the government would want to ensure that what
was legalised, was up to pharma standards...so growing your own wouldn't be an option.(which is why I said in an earlier post, you would still have a black market in the stuff and a gang culture).
Whilst working in the NHS, I saw Sativex prescribed for MS sufferers.
My own sister in law suffers from MS and she is prescribed Sativex.
I am stating facts as I know them...and not to prove a particular point.
I could not view the link to the BBC program....so I am not able to comment on it.
As I said previously, we are never going to agree on this subject so let us leave it there shall we?