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UK: I grew cannabis to help me get off hard drugs

Lisa Jones

South Wales Echo

Thursday 07 Feb 2008

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A CLASS A drug addict claimed he grew cannabis to use as a buffer to
come off “hard” drugs.

Tony Elgar James Lewis, 29, had 13 cannabis plants growing in the
bedroom of his home when police searched on December 3.

Cardiff Magistrates’ Court heard they also found a generator and heating
lamps.

Prosecutor Sarah Asprey said: “He bought the seeds and grew them for
himself, for his own personal use.”

The court heard Lewis had a conviction in 2006 for supplying crack
cocaine and was subject of a community order.

Phillip Slough, defending, said: “This is not a sophisticated,
hydroponics set-up.

“The reason he was growing cannabis was a crutch while he was coming off
class A drugs.”

Lewis, of Corporation Road, Grangetown, Cardiff, admitted cultivating
cannabis. He was given a 12-month community order and told to pay £65
court costs.

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