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Cannabis Gran doping to take Hain's seat
Matt Withers Wales on Sunday
Saturday 09 Apr 2005 A GRANNY spared jail for cooking cannabis hotpots is to stand for=20 Parliament against Welsh Secretary of State Peter Hain. Dope fan Patricia Tabram, 66, is running in the Commons Leader's Neath=20 constituency on a ticket of legalising the drug. She was handed a suspended six-month sentence and ordered to pay =A3750= costs=20 last week after admitting possession to supply. But the grass-growing granny from Hexham, Northumberland, has vowed to keep= =20 cooking cannabis casseroles and will face Mr Hain for the Legalise Cannabis= =20 Alliance. Although she is from North East England, the former restaurateur's late=20 husband David came from Swansea. She said last night: "There are quite a lot of candidates standing for the= =20 Alliance in Wales because the Welsh seem to know more of the facts and the= =20 history of cannabis. "In a 24-hour period I take a level teaspoon of powdered cannabis, cut it=20 with a knife and put a fifth into every meal or drink I have, like hot=20 chocolate, and that keeps me free of pain for the next 24 hours. "If I'm voted for, I'm going to promise people in this country I will fight= =20 for the rights of every man and woman to receive safe medication. "It's going to be a hell of a long journey and I'll probably be dead before= =20 we win the argument." Grey-haired Mrs Tabram, who had always voted Lib Dem, started using=20 cannabis as a remedy for depression, pain caused by a car crash and ringing= =20 in the ears. She uses it in soup, cakes and casseroles and cooked it for pals suffering= =20 ailments. She is now writing a book, Grandma Eats Cannabis. Mrs Tabram will travel to South Wales this week to begin her campaign push. Husband David worked in shipping and met Patricia after work took him to=20 Northumberland. "If the rest of the Welsh people are as nice as the husband I happened to=20 get from Wales, then they will understand my concerns," she said. Mr Hain, below, last night dismissed his elderly rival's chances and vowed= =20 to continue the war on drugs. He said: "At the end of the day, this is an election that will decide the=20 future of Wales. "It won't be decided on these fringe issues or affected by fringe= candidates. "The Government takes the problem of drugs very seriously. "The public are sick of drug-fuelled crime and the menace of crack houses=20 and dealers on our streets. "This Government has no intention of softening the British drugs laws," he= =20 added.
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