'There is this concept of medical cannabis being an unlicensed medicine and there is already a debate opening up about how unlicensed medicines should be prescribed.'
Patients and health workers described their experiences of medical cannabis at a conference held in Belfast this week.
Integro lead clinician and specialist pain consultant Dr Sunny Nayee said that they had been invited to Belfast by patients from Northern Ireland and he was keen to help provide more education to attendees regarding medical cannabis, the conditions it can help and their treatments. "What was really interesting is that the patients who had turned to cannabis actually did see some improvements in their pain scores, in their sleep, in their arthritis, in their ability to live and function on a day to day basis.
"We were invited to Belfast because we have a lot of patients who are based in Northern Ireland who have benefitted from medicinal cannabis and there has been a real need and yearning for greater patient education. Simon Loughlin and Simone Barry were two medical cannabis patients who spoke at the conference and said that medical cannabis had changed their lives for the better.
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