Bill Turnbull calls for cannabis law changes after taking drug to help cancer

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He believes there needs to be a conversation when it comes to medicinal purposes

In the documentary, Turnbull tries numerous products derived from cannabis with comical results – including a moment which leaves him struggling to deliver a line to camera.Bill Turnbull is left all giggly after taking cannabis Cannabis has been illegal in the UK since 1928, with Turnbull acknowledging how he’s breaking the law by taking it, but under the circumstances, explains he’s willing to ‘break the rules, just this once’.

‘I do think we need to have a proper conversation in this country about the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes,’ Turnbull said. ‘Because it’s legal to a greater or lesser extent for medicinal purposes in I think more than 20 countries now. In quite intelligent, advanced countries, and I think we should be one of them.‘We have something that has been used for thousands of years for medicinal purposes, which has only been illegal for 100 years. And we need to start having conversations about how we can usefully get the best out of what could be very beneficial to us, without causing damage to other people.

 

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