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UK: Cannabis Gran Hopes to Meet Blair
Rod Minchin Press Association
Wednesday 09 Feb 2005 A drug-dealing grandmother is taking her fight to legalise cannabis to Downing Street today. Patricia Tabram is hoping to meet Prime Minister Tony Blair to give him a letter she has written asking for cannabis to be legalised on medical grounds. In her lengthy letter to Mr Blair, the 66-year-old, from Humshaugh, near Hexham, Northumberland, claims commercially-produced medicines are more harmful than cannabis. She also claims that her dependence on the NHS has lessened since she started taking the Class C drug. Mrs Tabram hit the headlines when she admitted possessing cannabis with intent to supply from her bungalow. She maintains that she laces her food with the illegal herb because prescription medicines make her ill and cannabis does not. The former chef said recently: "Friends introduced me to cannabis in February 2004 when they gave me cigarette. "I suffer from depression, whiplash in my neck and back pain. I went to bed and the next morning I felt so much better. "I used to be on NHS medications but I found the side-effects were so bad that I stopped taking them. "With cannabis I get rid of the pain but have none of the side-effects." Pottering about with her grey hair and spectacles, widow Mrs Tabram cuts an unlikely figure as a drug dealer. She prides herself on her homemade herbal cookies, casseroles and soups, and became one of the most unlikely drug dealers. Mrs Tabram has cooked up treats laced with the drug for neighbours and friends in her village after being introduced to cannabis. She has also written a book called Grandma Eats Cannabis and hopes to have it published. While in London today, she is meeting literary agent David Godwin. Northumbria Police were tipped off about Mrs Tabram and twice raided her bungalow in May and June last year. They seized 32 cannabis plants growing in her home. Mrs Tabram appeared at Newcastle Crown Court to admit one charge of possession of a Class C drug with intent to supply on December 13. She will be sentenced on March 11. A spokeswoman for literary agents David Godwin Associates said: "In the letter she explains why she takes cannabis. "She cannot understand why the Government legalises many of these prescription medicines, which have such terrible side-effects, when cannabis has eased her pain and has none of the problems."
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