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Drug rebel fights for day in court
Manchester Evening News
Friday 30 Mar 2001 Pubdate: 30 March 2001 Source: Manchester Evening News Website: www.manchesteronline.co.uk DRUG REBEL FIGHTS FOR DAY IN COURT A DRUGS campaigner is demanding he is prosecuted for smoking cannabis after being told charges against him have been dropped. Multiple sclerosis sufferer Paul Roddy had said he was delighted after the Crown Prosecution Service said it was 'not in the public interest' to take the case to court. But yesterday the 41-year-old from Wythenshawe applied for the proceedings to be revived at Manchester magistrates court. Last week the Manchester Evening News told how Mr Roddy - a member of the Medical Marijuana Co-Operative - was cleared by a jury at Manchester Crown Court of having £15 of the drug in his possession. He is one of several MS sufferers across the country who have successfully defended possession charges on the grounds of medical necessity. He has been arrested a number of times for having the Class C drug but says he uses it merely to keep at bay the pain he suffers from his incurable condition. He now expects to receive a fresh summons and will enter a plea of not guilty. He said: ''The withdrawal of the prosecution is all well and good but it still doesn't mean I can smoke my cannabis without looking over my shoulder. ''They can still arrest me at any time and throw me in a cell. It is barbaric and it has to stop. They also took my cannabis off me and I want it back.'' No one from the Crown Prosecution Service was available for comment.
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