Irish pensioner caught growing cannabis insists 'I'm no criminal' and wants drug legalised
This pensioner who avoided jail after he was caught in possession of cannabis plants for the second time in 10 years today calls for the drug to be legalised.UK national Mr Goldfrapp, 73, spoke exclusively to us days after he walked free from a court in County Cork – despite admitting to be in possession of 40 cannabis plants at his isolated home last year.
“It drives them into the hands of dealers who are unscrupulous, a lot of them, because they will offer something else besides. “It is a naturally growing herb, it is just that people have taken advantage of it because of certain properties to make money out of it.“A lot of it was for pain because a lot of prescription drugs which I have tried have side effects and don’t particularly work, especially if you suffer from depression.”
When asked if he would now stop cultivating cannabis, he replied: “Yeah of course. I mean, I can get it on the black market – it’s just that it costs money.“I am really concerned that they should change the law to actually protect young people and stop this criminalisation.” Judge Helen Boyle was told that there was no suggestion that the elderly man was supplying the cannabis to anyone in the area.
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