London, UK. 6th July 2018. Members of the group 'We The Undersigned Have a Legal Right to use Cannabis' protest in Old Palace Yard in support of Newport West Labour MP Paul Flynn's Private Member's Bill to allow the medical use of cannabis was expected to be debated this afternoon. Objections by MPs prevented the debate and it was pushed back until October. Credit: Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
London, UK. 6th July 2018. Members of the group 'We The Undersigned Have a Legal Right to use Cannabis' protest in Old Palace Yard in support of Newport West Labour MP Paul Flynn's Private Member's Bill to allow the medical use of cannabis was expected to be debated this afternoon. Objections by MPs prevented the debate and it was pushed back until October. Public awareness and support for the medicinal use of cannabis has increased greatly because of the widespread publicity given to the incredible recovery from near death from severe epilepsy of 11-year-old Billy Caldwell and the extreme difficulties put in the way of his treatment by the Home Office. Many of those attending the protest were medical users, growing their own weed to deal with conditions including PTSD, ADHD, glaucoma, Parkinsons, depression, MS, fibromyalgia, Chron's disease, chronic pain, anxiety, The event was proceeding peacefully when a man rushed up and punched one of the protesters, Jeff, in the face. He was quickly and efficiently tackled by police and arrested for assault. Others at the event identified him as Derek White from Dublin who has been accused by them on online forums of selling fake cannabis oil for medical use. Much of the opposition to the decriminalisation of cannabis now comes from pharmaceutical companies who would like to make money from the regulated supply of cannabis oil, and the UK is now the world's largest legal grower for this purpose. Campaigners say that far better results can be obtained by using different strains of the plant which can be matched to individual needs, and these include some that produce none of the psychotic side-effects which have been used as an argument against legalisation of a substance generally agreed to be far less dangerous than alcohol. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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