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A medicinal cannabis trafficker has been spared jail at a time when governments are backing medical marijuana trials.
Malcolm Ronald Lee was caught with 116 cannabis plants and large stashes of cannabis oil when his Newcastle home was raided in November.
Newcastle District Court heard he was supplying local cancer patients, who paid him half the street value.
In August he pleaded guilty to three offences, while four other charges were dropped.
A further two charges were also taken into account today.
While sentencing Lee to a two year good behaviour bond, Judge Roy Ellis noted the benefits of medicinal cannabis and noted Lee was not trying to live the high life or get financial gain and was instead trying to help people in chronic pain.
There were cheers from cancer patients and their families as the 66-year-old was spared a jail term.
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