Australian Man, Who Argued His Cannabis Was for Medicinal Purposes, May Serve Prison Term at Home, Court Hears
A CANCER sufferer convicted of growing thousands of dollars worth of drugs that he claimed were for pain relief may become one of the first in the state to serve a prison term at home.
Darryl Colin Horne, 56, was found with several marijuana plants and dried cannabis worth up to $30,000 in his Salisbury house, in Adelaide’s northern suburbs, in April 2013.
While prosecutors accused him of preparing the almost 6kg of drugs for sale, the father of one insisted during his District Court trial that it was instead used for “medicinal” purposes.
Horne, who has leukaemia, told the jury that he used up to an ounce of cannabis daily by cooking, smoking, drinking it and producing drug oil. It was, he said, a “beautiful” spice that was “better than oregano”.
Claiming he never got high from the drugs despite smoking 40 joints and bongs a day, he...
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