Cannabis Helps the Dying, NSW inquiry told

[lifestylez]

People at the end of their lives should have access to cannabis to manage pain and improve quality of life, an inquiry has heard.

 

The drug could also be used to treat people with chronic pain so long as it was carefully managed using dose control and regular assessment, said Professor Michael Cousins, director of the Pain Management Research Institute at the Royal North Shore Hospital.

 

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/03/18/15/23/cannabis-helps-the-dying-nsw-inquiry-told

[avsky]

She also warned it was "a drug of addiction" and research supporting its medical use was "moderate at best".

 

/sigh ... so sick of this back-and-forth bullshit about it being addictive and they can't approve it because of a lack of research. The reason no one wants to research it is because no one can patent it, it's unreasonably scheduled as a high-class drug so it means too much red tape for researchers and any kind of drug they've tried to derive from cannabis has been an utter failure.