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My 28-year journey with cannabis: from terminal disease to post-pharmaceutical healing

Sarah Jane Godfrey (Bucknell, UK)

Drugs and Alcohol Today

ISSN: 1745-9265

Article publication date: 14 May 2018

Issue publication date: 30 May 2018

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to convey the experience of medical cannabis users and growers in the UK.

Design/methodology/approach

Biography and personal ethnograpy.

Findings

Medical cannabis users are forced into cultivating their own medicine.

Research limitations/implications

Single case study.

Practical implications

There is an urgent need for policy change to enable medical cannabis users to access their medication easily and affordably.

Social implications

A rising number of people are denied their constitutional right to health by a misguided policy.

Originality/value

This study fills a major gap in the literature on medical cannabis growers.

Keywords

Citation

Godfrey, S.J. (2018), "My 28-year journey with cannabis: from terminal disease to post-pharmaceutical healing", Drugs and Alcohol Today, Vol. 18 No. 2, pp. 137-146. https://doi.org/10.1108/DAT-08-2017-0042

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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