Marijuana intended for elderly arthritis sufferers

[Tom]

Marijuana intended for elderly arthritis sufferers, court told

 

A Darwin court has heard that a man who has pleaded guilty to growing marijuana intended to supply it to elderly people suffering arthritis.

 

Craine Lucas Wattam, 37, pleaded guilty in the Northern Territory Supreme Court to unlawfully cultivating a commercial quantity of cannabis.

 

Police discovered the 45 plants when they visited his Darwin River property on an unrelated matter in January this year.

 

The court heard that Wattam had been approached to grow the plants by a group of elderly people in Palmerston who used the drug to relieve symptoms of arthritis.

 

Their own backyard plants had been persistently raided by thieves.

 

The court heard Wattam had simply scattered seeds in pots and did not intend to grow that number of plants. Nor did he intend on profiting from them.

 

He has been sentenced to nine months' jail suspended immediately.

 

Author:ABC

Date:December 7, 2005

Source:ABC

Copyright:© 2005 ABC

 

[jabez]

He has been sentenced to nine months' jail suspended immediately

 

9 months jail for 45 outdoor plants thats scary to think about.

[Tom]

The law is the crime.

 

[WantDaChronic]

i feel like he was doing a community service and as such should be sentenced to grow for the sick for the next 5 years