A GRANDMOTHER who has terminal cancer is breaking the law by taking cannabis to keep her alive.
Karen
Roberts has now stopped taking all her usual medication and has instead
turned to cannabis oil. And since taking it, she says her tumours have
started to shrink.
The 55-year-old, of Derby, has aggressive lymph cancer and insists she does not care that what she is doing is illegal.
Karen (pictured) lost husband Garry to leukaemia in January.
Karen said: "I'm taking this to save my life and it's obviously working.
"I don't care if it's legal or not, I have no other choice but to try whatever I can.
"Other
people have been cured from taking it and that's why I've tried it. I
hate taking it though, it's vile and makes me heave.
"But since taking it my tumours have shrunk – it's amazing.
"This is a huge opportunity for me. I've got nothing else to save my life. Why not give it a go?"
A cancer expert said cannabis-based drugs had showed "some promise" in tests.
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