 Man Admits Pain Relief Cannabis Use, "This is not one of those cases which warrants a penalty." |
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 Mar 10 2010, 11:55 AM
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Man admits pain relief cannabis use Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 08:43 A MAN who used cannabis as pain relief has pleaded guilty to growing the class B drug in his Torquay flat. Stephen Raines, 47, of Willow Avenue, had 29 cannabis plants growing in his utility and airing cupboards when police entered the premises with a drugs search warrant in December last year. Magistrates sitting in Torquay were told Raines admitted the offence at the police station. He said he did it because cannabis helps him deal with the pain he gets from a medical condition. Raines suffers from a degenerative back condition called neurofibrosis and was prescribed medicinal cannabis by his doctor until the law was changed in late 2008. Defence solicitor Paul Dentith said Raines used cannabis purely for medicinal pain relief. He told the court Raines's doctor had been prescribing him with cannabis, but at the end of 2008 the law changed and doctors were no longer able to do this. Mr Dentith said: "He found the cannabis had a greater effect at pain relief than the other drugs he had been given, and he was suffering from an increasing addiction to the opiate-based drugs he was taking." He added: "GPs were providing this drug when they felt it was appropriate, because of an anti-drugs campaign they can't. "This is not one of those cases which warrants a penalty." Raines was given a six-month conditional discharge and told he didn't have to pay any costs. Source -------------------- Blessed are the cracked , for they let in the light
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Mar 10 2010, 12:00 PM
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result
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Mar 10 2010, 12:11 PM
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yup result!
but now how is he gonna get is medication... 7 -------------------- no name test grow by se7en http://www.uk420.com/boards/index.php?show...=224671&hl=
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Mar 10 2010, 12:13 PM
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Fucking result!
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Mar 10 2010, 12:50 PM
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Sorry, but as someone with pretty much the same degenerative spinal scenario I have to say this is NO RESULT
 He has now got a criminal record, with all that that entails. Unemployable, limited travel options etc etc. Plus he has no meds. What result? He's a convicted criminal with a drugs rap. I can't feel anything but anger at this. And what's with all this "Law change" - how does that work??? This post has been edited by Arnold Layne: Mar 10 2010, 12:51 PM -------------------- Prohibition - just say No! The Blues ..... Growing here ..... For goodness's sake! ..... I've got the hippie hippie shake! Flyin' the Freak flag high! ..... www.PFNC.co.uk |
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Mar 10 2010, 12:56 PM
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QUOTE (Arnold Layne @ Mar 10 2010, 12:50 PM)  Sorry, but as someone with pretty much the same degenerative spinal scenario I have to say this is NO RESULT He has now got a criminal record, with all that that entails. Unemployable, limited travel options etc etc. Plus he has no meds. What result? He's a convicted criminal with a drugs rap. I can't feel anything but anger at this. And what's with all this "Law change" - how does that work??? Got to agree with Arnie here. How can someone suffering an agravated burglary and then being dragged through the courts by the twats be classed as a result? 
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Mar 10 2010, 12:57 PM
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Not a result but an outrage. If a homosexual was given a conditional discharge for being gay that wouldn't be a result either.
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Mar 10 2010, 01:01 PM
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i take it they are talking about that spray "Sativex" the doctor was prescribing him with?
but the way it is wrote, it sounds like he was getting bud like you would do in America  QUOTE (Budsucker @ Mar 10 2010, 11:55 AM) He told the court Raines's doctor had been prescribing him with cannabis, but at the end of 2008 the law changed and doctors were no longer able to do this. QUOTE "GPs were providing this drug when they felt it was appropriate, because of an anti-drugs campaign they can't.
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Mar 10 2010, 01:03 PM
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A shame these people don't come here first so we can tell them about carbon filters and keeping schtum.
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Mar 10 2010, 01:05 PM
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he deserved this outcome for sure
the court seemed to recognise this by giving him the discharge and no costs ss 
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Mar 10 2010, 01:29 PM
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QUOTE (Scooby Snax @ Mar 10 2010, 01:05 PM) he deserved this outcome for sure the court seemed to recognise this by giving him the discharge and no costs ss What he deserved a criminal record and a conditional discharge ? Its like saying now go away and dont be ill any more, ridiculous  -------------------- "And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start, to mould a new reality closer to the heart"...
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Mar 10 2010, 01:37 PM
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QUOTE (Rastajedi @ Mar 10 2010, 01:29 PM) What he deserved a criminal record and a conditional discharge ? Its like saying now go away and dont be ill any more, ridiculous we all live by laws of the land, whether they are right or wrong the current law states weed illegal, so he broke the law the court couldn't of given him anything less than he got other than a complete discharge and if they did that they wouldn't be doing their own job, which is upholding the current law, whatever it may be i don't think its like saying go away and don't be ill anymore i think the bench did the best they could tbh which is unusual in itself ... so yes, i applaud them it isn't their job to sit there and pronounce whether a law is fair or not ss
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Mar 10 2010, 02:31 PM
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QUOTE (Eddiesilence @ Mar 10 2010, 12:57 PM) Not a result but an outrage. If a homosexual was given a conditional discharge for being gay that wouldn't be a result either. Bingo! |
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Mar 10 2010, 02:34 PM
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I understand what your saying Scooby, but if they felt "it was one of those cases that didnt warrant a penalty"
why didnt they just throw it out of court, they still branded him a criminal for using a medicine -------------------- "And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start, to mould a new reality closer to the heart"...
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Mar 10 2010, 02:43 PM
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QUOTE (Scooby Snax @ Mar 10 2010, 01:37 PM) we all live by laws of the land, whether they are right or wrong the current law states weed illegal, so he broke the law The government don't seem to be. This man was convicted via an unlawful maladministration of the misuse of drugs act. Oh, and weed isn't illegal, certain human activities regarding it are 
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