Last updated at 3:59 PM on 2nd September 2011
Patients are being treated with medication derived from marijuana plants in hospitals for the first time as part of a trial.
Patients at North Manchester General and Fairfield in Bury were prescribed the drug, Sativex, which experts say can relieve pain by numbing muscles
The medication which is sprayed under the tongue up to 10 times a day does not give users a 'high'.
People who are terminally ill with cancer will initially take part in the trial but if successful, its use could be extended across the country and be used as a painkiller for other conditions.
Eight people have already been signed up, and 32 others will be recruited over the next two years.
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