UK Cannabis Campaigner: I'll Carry on Breaking the Law Until Drug Is Legalised
A CAMPAIGNER battling to legalise cannabis to combat her painful disease landed in court after warning police of her unlawful behaviour.
Multiple sclerosis sufferer Michelle X tipped-off officers, emailing them to reveal she was growing 'medicinal' cannabis in her Abingdon home.
The 49-year-old, who was handed a six-month conditional discharge, told magistrates she would keep breaking the law until the class B drug is legally used to treat medical conditions in the UK.
She was also overheard confessing she was in breach of an antisocial behaviour order during a conversation with the prosecution while magistrates decided her fate.
Sentencing her on Monday, magistrates told X they had to follow 'rules which dictate us'.
Police searched X's Lammas Close home, discovering a glass jar with 'green matter', along with cannabis plants and a heat lamp on July 30 last year.
Cash-strapped X admitted possessing and growing the cannabis during police interview,...
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