States ban on medical cannabis to be challenged in court?

• Two Islanders saw their petitions to allow them access to the drug, or cannabis-based drugs, rejected by the Assembly last year.

• JEP readers overwhelmingly support legalising cannabis

   A DECISION by the States not to allow Islanders with chronic illnesses to use cannabis for medicinal purposes could be challenged in court.

  Islander who was denied access to cannabis were seeking a judicial review to overturn the decision made by the Assembly in December.

  The States to deny three chronically ill Islanders special licences to the use the class B drug for pain relief as 'irrational'.
  
  Two Islanders saw their petitions to allow them access to cannabis or cannabis-based drugs rejected by the Assembly last year.
  
  
   Ann Hill who suffers from painful muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis
  
  And a 72-year-old widow suffering from multiple-sclerosis also had her petition to be prescribed the cannabis-based drug Sativex withdrawn after it emerged the Health Minister did not have the power to issue such a licence.
  
  Now, the pro-cannabis campaigner said people needed to move away from a 'fear' of making cannabis legal and added that due the Island's autonomy from the UK it had the chance to be a pioneer in the legalisation of the drug.
  
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