Ireland: Man Appeals For Cannabis Oil To Prolong Life

Kieran McCrory talks candidly about having three to five years to live. The former painter and decorator from Omagh has stage four brain cancer and doctors have emphasised, “Kieran, this will eventually get you.”

And yet, despite everything – the brain surgery, the subsequent paralysis and dire realisation that he is terminally ill, the 37-year-old is stubbornly upbeat about life. He’s a father and a husband and he has a large group of friends and family who have been, he says, a massive source of support over the past few months.

One thing which is proving to be a real bugbear of Kieran’s however, is the British Government’s attitude to medicinal cannabis.

Other than Sativex, a cannabis-based oromucosal spray for use by multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, no other product has been approved by the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency) and granted Marketing Authorisation.

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