I was just reading through the BBC news and came across this article. Why the hell is cannabis still illegal for medicinal use? As far as I am concerned there is little reason for it to be illegal for any use, as it is certainly no more harmful that alcohol and cigarettes, but when it has so many proven symptom relieving benefits to sufferers of illness such as MS and AIDS related illnesses why is it not freely available to them, even as a prescription drug. Why should sufferers of severe illness have to sneak round and break the law to get some respite?