04-11-2005, 08:21 PM
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Pothead Grandmother Spared Jail
LONDON (Reuters) - A 66-year-old British grandmother with a taste for marijuana casserole was spared jail Friday despite admitting she had shared cannabis-laced cookies with fellow pensioners.
Patricia Tabram from East Lea in the northern tip of England, who said she uses cannabis to alleviate pains in her neck and back, pleaded guilty to possession of the drug with intent to supply.
But Judge David Hodson said he would not make a "martyr" of her when she returned to Newcastle Crown Court for sentencing. Instead, she received a six-month suspended prison sentence.
The white-haired, bespectacled granny was unrepentant, and said she would keep cooking with pot.
"I had it this morning in my scrambled eggs and I'll have it again for lunch. I'm not giving it up," she told Channel 4 news.
Tabram has become a symbol for Britain's legalize marijuana campaign. On her Web Site, www.grandma-eats-cannabis.com, she promises soon to provide free recipes, as well as tea towels and mugs for sale.
Last year, Britain downgraded cannabis from the same class as cocaine and ecstasy to a lower class of illegal drug, which means police are not expected to arrest people for possessing small amounts but can jail them for supplying it to others.
Police said they raided Tabram's home after a tip-off in May last year and found 31 cannabis plants along with hydroponic cultivation equipment. In a later raid they found 47 bags of "skunk," a particularly strong form of the drug.
The set-up at Tabram's home "bore all the hallmarks of any sophisticated drug dealer," police said in a statement.
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04-11-2005, 08:27 PM
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PinkyAppleBuns
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Damn lmao, guess ya better be weary of Granny's brownies lmao, damn from the sounds of it she was rollin out of the house too, wtf 
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04-11-2005, 09:34 PM
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Alrighty then.
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Thank God. I was hoping it would turn out this way for her. I don't know how many of you know the story behind this, I'll just let you in a bit. She has some sort of medical condition that causes her pain. The doctors prescribed pain killer after pain killer, which not only cost a fortune but didn't work. I don't know how it started, but she discovered the pot cured the pain and she started not only using, but distributing to all her friends to alliviate their pain as well. She was sick at the fact that the pharmacy companies can charge a fortune for synthetic drugs that don't work and screw you up when a simple herb can do what they can't without the major side effects...but it is illegal. I agree with her; it is just stupid.
Anyway, that is what I read in the BBC some months ago. She said something like, "If they put me in prison I'll just do it again when I get out."
This is a step in the right direction even if it is in some other country. Hopefully this trend will continue.
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04-11-2005, 10:14 PM
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Guy who says Habutashi
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My dad is a doctor and he is for legal medical marijuana for this purpose. He says he has patients who spend $400 a week on pain killers that do the same thing as smoking one joint does.
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04-12-2005, 12:26 AM
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Just a little folker...
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Where is the petition to legalize!! I'm in! I heard a rumor they are legalizing it in Alabama for migraines.... and hmmm.. who here has a history of migraines...  I'mma check THAT rumor out!! hehehe
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04-12-2005, 01:05 AM
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Glad Grandma got off as I'm going round for tea tonight !!!
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04-12-2005, 07:09 AM
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101 Guru
Join Date: May 2003
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I know Marijuana is a great medicinal drug, It alleviates pain and nausea. Not from personal experience you know, but from what I have heard.
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