‘I found that nothing worked, except cannabis’: Who are Ireland’s marijuana users?

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THIS WEEK STEPHEN Whiteley has been in court.

After a hearing on Thursday in Castlebar, Co Mayo, he was made to pay a fine of €250 for the possession of cannabis, and another €500 fine for the cultivation.

“I can’t complain too much, because she could have done me for a lot worse,” Whiteley said, “I don’t think [the judge] had much leeway to do much other than what she did.”

This happens everyday in courts around the country.

What makes it different is Whiteley’s condition.

“In 2009 I bent down to get into a car, and I was hit by the most incredible pain. I locked up completely. Totally unable to move for 20 minutes,” he told TheJournal.ie. 

This resulted in the the 59-year-old former stage manager and steel worker being diagnosed with stenosis of the spine – and since then he has suffered from reduced mobility and spasms in his...

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