Posted on 12/12/2005 11:26:03 AM PST by minus_273
Woman died on cannabis drug trial
Sativex is made from the cannabis plant A woman developed mental health problems and later died after taking part in trials of a cannabis-based drug, an inquest has heard.
Diabetic Rene Anderson, aged 69 from Sheffield, was taken to hospital after starting to take Sativex to see if it would relieve pain she was suffering.
She died in March 2004 from acute kidney failure.
The continuing inquest is expected to have implications for the use of drugs derived from cannabis.
Useful relief
Mrs Anderson, a retired supermarket supervisor from Silkstone Close in Frecheville, had been taking part in a trial supervised by diabetes expert Dr Solomon Tesfaye.
He told the court he wanted to investigate whether cannabis could provide useful relief from the severe pain experienced by diabetic neuropathy sufferers.
Sativex, which is not yet licensed in the UK but has been granted a licence in Canada, had shown good results in multiple sclerosis sufferers, Dr Resfaye said.
He was first aware of Mrs Anderson's case when her family complained about her mental problems just days after her treatment began.
Admitted to hospital
The doctor said the dose of the drug, which is taken using an oral spray, was reduced but Mrs Anderson's daughter, Jackie Sadler, rang back two weeks later to tell of her mother's deterioration.
Sheffield coroner Chris Dorries heard how Mrs Anderson suffered a series of physical problems after she was admitted to hospital in October 2003, 23 days after starting to take Sativex
These included pneumonia which culminated in her death five months later.
The coroner said the purpose of the inquest was to examine what links there were, if any, between the experimental treatment and the physical deterioration which led to Mrs Anderson's death.
The inquest, which began on Monday, is expected to last five or six days.
The point was well made, no?
Alcohol is legal still, has the highest record of deaths related to it's use bar none. More highway and accidental deaths due to it's use, more families ruined and on and on.
Add tobacco to the above as well for it's innumerable cancer deaths.
The death rate due to pot use, even long term users, is practically nil. It was made illegal not for concern of the public health, but because it was in competition with DuPont's new invention NYLON. Otherwise they would have just taxed it like liquor or tobacco.
Maybe you'd be surprized that the Rockefeller & Roosevelt/Delano fortunes were built up from their opium trading with the middle and far east? China clippers ring a bell?
Am I cheering for decriminalization of pot. Of course. Am I recommending it's use - not on your life, nor tobacco or alcohol. They all are detrimental to one's health.
But incarcerating adults who do inhale, and the costs related to it, are ludicrous in light of the treatment alcohol & tobacco lobbies secured for themselves, cuz you know politicians have been highly involved in the business of both - like Al Gore's family tobacco farms.
If you're for unlimited Govt and maximum regulation of specific under-lobbied industries and loss of individual liberty for a victimless crime, you are certainly welcome to your own opinion. I just think it reaks of politics and little else as compared to A & T.
It's good you got off the pot.
Are you big-pants people?
I am a substantial man.
Well then. If you are big-pants people, and you are not on the pot, we can be friends.
I'm gonna be such a hottie.
Are you still doing the Atkins stuff?
Don't forget to work your joints, hip rotations and such. Range of motion is important.
No. Atkins was a bust for me. I get really squirrelly on Atkins.
Just plain old calorie-counting and lots of exercise.
Why am I not surprised?
My wife lost 26 pounds in one month on the initial program, and was never hungry, but she missed the carbs too much and dropped out.
When she dropped Atkins I dropped Atkins. There's no way I'm going to cook for myself.
I never lost weight though. I was very strict, never cheated on the Atkins program, but still didn't lose any weight.
Now I'm pretty level-headed and getting all in shape and stuff. I might even take up martial arts again!
Why aren't you trying to lose weight?
He can't answer now. He is eating.
I'm not doing any diet though, just exercise.
I finished eating minutes ago lady!
You need a calorie deficit for it to make any difference.
i think plenty of people even pot advocates will disagree with you.
I have seen enough people get high to know that they are in no condition to drive.
I have noticed a big difference in the way I feel with just the exercise. I despise ordinary exercise programs, yet really get into martial art, so classes are the best way for me to get in shape.
the post you linked to was study (i am assuning it is liegit) which has the following conclusions:
" marijuna may not impair driving ability at all, and "
look at your post. Do you see the difference between MAY NOT and DOES NOT? I can show you a study that shows that it MAY, does that mean that it DOES?
are you high?
"Post Of The Day" nominee."
I Second the motion.
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