Cannabis Voices

Carly Barton - optimist, fighter and chronic pain patient

April 07, 2020 Mary Biles Episode 2
Cannabis Voices
Carly Barton - optimist, fighter and chronic pain patient
Show Notes

Who better to be the first guest on Cannabis Voices than Carly Barton, the first adult patient to get a prescription for medical cannabis in the UK since its legalisation in 2018?

Carly had a stroke at the age of 24, leaving her with debilitating chronic pain, which even the strongest opiates couldn't manage. After six years of existing with very little quality of life, she tried some homegrown cannabis given to her by a friend.

"I felt like something was missing... like I'd lost something. And that's the only feeling I equate it to is when, you know, when you've had your phone and then you've lost your phone or whatever and you sort of lost looking for it frantically. And then I realised that the lack of whatever it was, was pain."

In this episode, Carly shares her views on the current UK two tier system for accessing medical cannabis and explains why she has set up her own initiative, Carly's Amnesty, to protect patients from prosecution who choose to grown their own medicine.

She reveals how in her view, decriminalisation of cannabis is the only way patients will have full access to the plant in the manner they desire and the launch of her new project PlantEd Collective.

Carly's Amnesty: https://www.carlysamnesty.org/

PlantEd Collective: https://plantedcollective.co.uk/



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