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RAPPER Snoop Dogg was recently censured for an Instagram post in which he compared himself — looking in fine fettle after almost 30 years of marijuana consumption — to a decidedly unhealthy looking Paul Gascoigne, whose similarly lengthy relationship with alcohol appears to have taken its toll.
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Yet cannabis – not only far less dangerous but proven to be effective in treating chronic pain, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and much besides — remains an illegal substance.
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