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It was announced recently that a registered disabled man from Dorset in the UK had obtained a medical cannabis prescription after seeing a doctor in Holland . But the Home Office remains tight-lipped on the legal status of imported herbal cannabis for medical use, even though a number of voters have written to them asking the same question.
Well known cannabis activist Jim Starr had arranged an appointment with a Dutch doctor off his own back, after being told by his own doctor a cannabis prescription was impossible in the UK.
Jim took all his medical records with him to The Netherlands, and was quickly prescribed just two grams of cannabis per day, or about £20 worth at current prices on the street.
For the sake of saving Jim making the same journey every week the doctor prescribed Jim Starr with three ounces of cannabis, or a three month supply.
On the back of the story the message boards and social networks became alive with conspiracy and speculation.
Had Jim Starr unearthed a legitimate way for the sick and infirm to circumnavigate the UK's irrational laws on cannabis?
Or had he 'been lucky' not to get caught bringing the weed into the country? Even though he phoned HM Customs & Excise to tell them he was coming and that he was bringing with him legally prescribed cannabis?
Cannazine Cannabis News wanted to find out more so one of our staffers, who's mother is 73 and suffers with crippling arthritis, wrote to the Home Office to ask if his mother gets a prescription from a dutch doctor, can the cannabis which was prescribed be brought into the UK legally? Either under the Schengen Agreement, or the Geneva Convention?
A week on and the Home Office is saying nothing. Leaving tens of thousands of people in a state of legal limbo. A heartless display by the people who are meant to be running our country.
So we will ask the Home Office again, and if you think you deserve a prescription for medical cannabis, perhaps you should too?
The contact details are below.
Write to:
Home Office
Direct Communications Unit
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
Tel: 020 7035 4848
Fax: 020 7035 4745
Minicom: 020 7035 4742
Email: public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.ukThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Cannazine Comment
Simply allowing the government to carry on with its 'ignore it and it doesn't exist' ethos of governance is no longer an option for people like Jim Starr.
If cannabis helps Jim get some hard-won sleep, and it makes him feel just a little bit better about life, who on earth in their right minds would try to take that away from him?
NewsHawk: MedicalNeed:420 MAGAZINE
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r.cannazine.co.uk
Contact: Cannabis News - Home
Copyright: 2010 pr.cannazine.co.uk
Website:Cannabis News - Medical Cannabis UK? Home Office Stays Tight Lipped
Well known cannabis activist Jim Starr had arranged an appointment with a Dutch doctor off his own back, after being told by his own doctor a cannabis prescription was impossible in the UK.
Jim took all his medical records with him to The Netherlands, and was quickly prescribed just two grams of cannabis per day, or about £20 worth at current prices on the street.
For the sake of saving Jim making the same journey every week the doctor prescribed Jim Starr with three ounces of cannabis, or a three month supply.
On the back of the story the message boards and social networks became alive with conspiracy and speculation.
Had Jim Starr unearthed a legitimate way for the sick and infirm to circumnavigate the UK's irrational laws on cannabis?
Or had he 'been lucky' not to get caught bringing the weed into the country? Even though he phoned HM Customs & Excise to tell them he was coming and that he was bringing with him legally prescribed cannabis?
Cannazine Cannabis News wanted to find out more so one of our staffers, who's mother is 73 and suffers with crippling arthritis, wrote to the Home Office to ask if his mother gets a prescription from a dutch doctor, can the cannabis which was prescribed be brought into the UK legally? Either under the Schengen Agreement, or the Geneva Convention?
A week on and the Home Office is saying nothing. Leaving tens of thousands of people in a state of legal limbo. A heartless display by the people who are meant to be running our country.
So we will ask the Home Office again, and if you think you deserve a prescription for medical cannabis, perhaps you should too?
The contact details are below.
Write to:
Home Office
Direct Communications Unit
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
Tel: 020 7035 4848
Fax: 020 7035 4745
Minicom: 020 7035 4742
Email: public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.ukThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Cannazine Comment
Simply allowing the government to carry on with its 'ignore it and it doesn't exist' ethos of governance is no longer an option for people like Jim Starr.
If cannabis helps Jim get some hard-won sleep, and it makes him feel just a little bit better about life, who on earth in their right minds would try to take that away from him?
NewsHawk: MedicalNeed:420 MAGAZINE
Source
r.cannazine.co.ukContact: Cannabis News - Home
Copyright: 2010 pr.cannazine.co.uk
Website:Cannabis News - Medical Cannabis UK? Home Office Stays Tight Lipped
