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Joao Not quite Joao, it is now only not approved in the USA as Canada first approved such use in 1999. "June 9, 1999: Minister of Health announces clinical trials program, and procedure for exempting from criminal prosecution individuals who successfully apply to Health Canada for access to medicinal marijuana" So for nearly two years now medical cannabis, has been approved for medical use. Canadain farmers can apply to grow it legally in Canada. Don on 5/14/01 5:58 AM, Joao Carvalho at [log in to unmask] wrote: > Murray , > > It seems that the britishs are ahead in this issue than the americans and > canadians . If other drugs such as > morphine etc. have for long time been used to medical purposes how to justify > all this paranoia about and > against cannabis ?? ;) > snip >> Medical cannabis 'to be legalised within two years' >> By David Derbyshire, Medical Correspondent >> CANNABIS could be legalised for medicinal use within two years >> after clinical trials on patients with multiple sclerosis, cancer and >> arthritis proved encouraging.................................... > > Cheers, > Joao Paulo - Salvador,BA,Brazil > [log in to unmask] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn