Sir, – If there is a chance that the cannabidiol drug Sativex can assuage the cruel bouts of pain suffered by Alzheimer’s disease patients and others (Editorial, September 13th), those in Government responsible for making it available to them must not let down those sufferers now.
I and my two sons witnessed at home, over two years, the effect of this terrible disease while the doctors procrastinated, reluctant to prescribe anything other than anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication, neither of which addressed the dreadful pain. – Yours, etc,