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UK: Cannabis campaigner found growing plants
Eastern Daily Press, Norfolk
Friday 02 Jul 2004 A "legalise cannabis" campaigner who claimed to belong to the Church of the Sacred Herb was found growing 50 cannabis plants at his Norwich home. Richard Lehmann said he grew the plants mainly for his own use to ease his severe back pain but also admitted he shared some of the drugs with fellow worshippers of the Sacred Herb church. Lehmann, 52, of Shorncliffe Close, Norwich, admitted to production of cannabis and was jailed for nine months. Judge Peter Jacobs told him at Norwich Crown Court that he accepted he took the drug to ease his back pain but said: "Producing cannabis at all is clearly against the law and you know that. It is a serious matter, especially since some of this was to supply to others." Guy Ayers, prosecuting, said Lehmann told police that cannabis was used as part of their sacrament and communion practices. Ben Cooper, mitigating, said Lehmann took the drug for its therapeutic qualities as it eased his back pain and relieved his stress. He now accepted he would no longer grow the drug.
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