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Canada: Marijuana Spray Approved for MS Patients

Webpage: http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/news/story.html?id=44f1545e-9d93-445d-84b0-9cc
Pubdate: Wed, 20 Apr 2005
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 The Province
Contact: provletters@png.canwest.com
Website: http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/
Authors: Don Harrison and Elaine O'Connor, The Province

MARIJUANA SPRAY APPROVED FOR MS PATIENTS

Canada yesterday become the first country to legalize a medicinal spray form of marijuana, to treat pain in the country's 25,000 multiple-sclerosis sufferers.

Health Canada said the pain of MS patients was not met by current prescription and over-the-counter medicines, so approval of the new marijuana drug was expedited.

The spray Sativex contains THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. It is to be taken every four hours in a spritz into the mouth, five times a day.

[Remainder snipped due to copyright issues]

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