As a founder member of the Labour Campaign for Drug Policy Reform it is incidents like these that underscore the need for reform of our drug laws. Not least, as I pointed out today, because if we are to establish whether cannabis oil is a clinically effective treatment for certain conditions, it is essential that medical researchers are able to conduct clinical trials under a robust legal framework that protects everyone. It was therefore disappointing that the Health Secretary could not be more specific when I asked him how long it would take for the government to reform the legislation around medicinal cannabis or whether he would take into account the results of international clinical trials to inform government policy.