As the case for drug prohibition has fallen apart, its defenders have had to come up with ever more imaginative ways to justify it. When it comes to cannabis, that now includes bending the laws of science to their will. The government created a bit of a problem for itself

An Irish pensioner who suffers from multiple sclerosis (MS) has spoken about how a cannabis-based medicine has changed his life. The 81-year-old former police officer, who lives in a rural part of the Omagh district is understood to be have been the only person in the Western Trust to have