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UK: Man bought cannabis to ease crippling arthritis pain
Boston Standard Sunday 30 Sep 2012 Boston magistrates heard that Ricky Holland, of Revesby Avenue, was found with two small wraps of the class B drug when he was stopped by police on August 30. He claimed he had bought the drug for £15 just minutes before in a bid to tackle the terrible pain his condition had left him in, the bench heard. Holland, 23, admitted being in possession of the illegal substance when he appeared at court on Wednesday, Phillipa Chatterton, defending, said he had suffered from severe osteo-arthritis for many years, and medication was not effective enough to help him deal with the pain. As a result, he had turned to cannabis as a method of relief on a number of occasions. She told magistrates: "He had purchased it moments before, having been laid on the settee at home for three days in extreme pain and unable to move. "He doesn't want to keep attracting convictions but he has to weigh up the balance between being in agony and unable to move and taking cannabis." She added in mitigation that Holland was in the process of getting funds together to buy a cannabis prescription from a GP in the Nottingham area. Magistrate gave him a conditional discharge for 18 months and said he must pay £45 towards costs. They also ordered forfeiture and destruction of the drugs. http://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/news/crime/man-bought-cannabis-to-ease-crippling-arthritis-pain-1-4314777
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