Medical Introduction About the use of cannabis as medicine Views Views and opinions from professional bodies and the public GW Pharmaceuticals About the UK company who may bring a cannabis-based medicine to the market in the next few years. Health Canada Information for medical users (pdf document) Uses The illnesses cannabis can treat Testimonies Patients testify to the effectiveness of cannabis. Add your story! Research Access our library of research - includes medical topics News See our fully-searchable news database for information on the latest medical developments. Web resources Other sites of interest THC4MS bust 2007 Story Letter to the Home Office Reply from the Home Office Forum Visit our forum and tell us your thoughts Medicine of the future? Cannabis reduces symptoms of MS - Lancet report The claims by medical users that cannabis reduces the symptoms of MS has been confirmed by UK government trials. The study, of more than 600 patients, published in the Lancet medical journal, also provided some evidence that they boosted mobility. Other physical proof of the drugs effects on symptoms did not emerge however. Slightly more patients on the cannabis extract reported benefits than those on THC, an active compound found in cannabis. MS sufferers have been claiming these beneficial effects for years, many sufferers break the law buying illegal cannabis and self-help groups such as THC4MS have been supplying sufferers, but they run the risk of arrest and many medical users have been dragged through the courts. This study shows that cannabis really does make these ill people feel better, these claims cannot be ignored any longer. BBC News report THC4MS THC4MS aimed to supply medicinal cannabis chocolate to bona-fide MS sufferers' throughout the UK in emergency situations only i.e:- their normal supply was exhausted. They were busted in 2005 and sentenced in 2007, see the THC4MS section Page designed and maintained by UKCIA