Critically ill breaking law by using cannabis for pain relief

PEOPLE with crippling illnesses — including multiple sclerosis and cancer patients, — are among those being forced to break the law by using cannabis for medicinal purposes.

MS Ireland and a consultant neurologist, Dr Orla Hardiman, both disclosed ‘many’ sufferers use cannabis to treat spasticity and pain.

Last year, MS Ireland wrote to ex-health minister Mary Harney inquiring about the possibility of making Sativex, a cannabis- based drug licensed in Britain, available in Ireland.