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UK: British Grandmother Fined For Using Cannabis As Medicine
Playful.com
Wednesday 07 Mar 2007 A British grandmother who used cannabis to alleviate depression and pain was Wednesday fined 1,000 pounds (1,930 dollars) and ordered to do 250 hours of community service. Sixty-eight-year-old Patricia Tabram, who defended herself at the trial at Carlisle Crown Court in northern Britain, was found guilty of possessing and cultivating the drug, which is classified an illegal substance in Britain. But in a defiant statement outside court, Tabram said: "I'm still going to medicate with cannabis. No justice has been done." Tabram, who grew cannabis plants in her walk-in wardrobe at home in Humshaugh, Northumberland, said she would be "prepared to go to prison" in protest against the "draconian" drug laws. Commenting on the 250 hours of service she will have to do for the community, she said: "I think I can manage that." But the fine, she added, was unfair. Tabram, an avid campaigner for the medical use of cannabis, said that conventional medicine made her feel "suicidal" and would not ease her pain. But judge Barbara Forrester told the jury that medical necessity was not a legal defence available to the defendant, nor was ignorance of the law. The judge warned that Tabram could face prison if she continued to put cannabis in her foods, cakes, and drinks. http://www.playfuls.com/
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