Medicinal cannabis may be used to treat MS sufferers

Multiple sclerosis sufferers could soon be treated with medicinal cannabis, the Health Department has signalled.

While the Government stressed there would be no relaxation in the general cannabis laws, MS patients will be able to access specially authorised drugs from later in the year under the proposals.

A product containing cannabis, which has been approved for use in other EU states for the “relief of symptoms of spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis”, is likely to be approved.