HOSPITAL trials have begun on a cannabis spray intended to relieve the symptoms of multiple sclerosis sufferers and of other National Health Service patients in need of long-term pain-relief treatment. Doctors began prescribing the drug and a capsule version to NHS patients at nine hospitals around Britain, including Gartnavel Hospital, Glasgow, after permission for the trials was granted earlier this year. At the time, GW Pharmaceuticals, the British firm manufacturing the treatments, said it hoped to test the drug on up to 1,000 patients. [continues 334 words]
PRINCE Harry will escape expulsion from Eton College after he admitted smoking cannabis, despite the school's policy of automatic dismissal for pupils found to have dabbled in drugs. The 17-year-old prince risked the school's ultimate sanction after he admitted to Prince Charles that he had smoked cannabis at Highgrove, at a nearby pub and at private parties in Gloucestershire last summer. In recent years, several pupils have been expelled for involvement with drugs under the hardline policy operated by Eton headmaster John Lewis. [continues 532 words]
