Letter: Legalised pain

Sunday 28 February 1999 00:02 GMT

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TO IMPRISON someone for using cannabis is cruel and wrong under any circumstances, but how can anyone justify jailing a seriously ill, otherwise law-abiding citizen for trying to find a natural remedy for serious pain? Cannabis has been used for thousands of years to relieve pain. The reason it is currently illegal is that drug companies wish to peddle more profitable, less effective remedies.

SAMI GROVER

Hull

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