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UK: Man said he used cannabis as a painkiller

Tamworth Herald

Friday 21 Sep 2012



A MAN who used cannabis as a painkiller has been given a conditional discharge by a magistrates' court.

Mark Byrne of Coronation Avenue, Polesworth appeared before Nuneaton magistrates on Tuesday (September 18) and admitted possessing the controlled Class B drug, contrary to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, at Atherstone on August 3.

Prosecutor Colin Heald said Byrne had five bags of cannabis, worth about £400 in his car when he was stopped by police.

"He broke his back about two years ago and said he had been using it [cannabis] for about 15 months as a painkiller." Forty-eight-year-old Byrne told the court he had not worked since 2010 following an accident.

He was sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge and told to pay £85 prosecution costs.

Magistrates ordered forfeiture and destruction of the cannabis.

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