Patient died after cannabis trial, inquest hears
Posted by webmaster on 12/12/05
A 69-year-old woman developed severe mental health problems after taking part in trials of a cannabis-based treatment and died five months later, an inquest heard today...

A 69-year-old woman developed severe mental health problems after taking part in trials of a cannabis-based treatment and died five months later, an inquest heard today. NI_MPU('middle');Rene Anderson, a diabetic, began to become "confused and intoxicated" just three days after starting to take the drug Sativex, which is derived from cannabis. A coroner was told how Mrs Anderson, of Silkstone Close, Sheffield, was admitted to hospital after her mental state had deteriorated so much "she was not the same person".

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