More Drug Law Madness

It is the very ordinariness of this case that makes it worth mentioning. From this week’s edition of our local paper, the Southern Reporter:

Unhappy with conventional treatments, Jean Sherlow turned to cannabis in a bid to relieve her pain, Selkirk Sheriff Court heard on Tuesday. The 59-year-old decided to cultivate her own supply at her home, where police found eight plants with an estimated value of £150 each, along with 56gm of the illegal drug, worth £300… “It is not contested by the Crown that she suffers from glaucoma and Crohn’s disease, and it would appear that through her dissatisfaction with conventional treatments, she began to cultivate cannabis at her home,” explained depute procurator fiscal Alasdair Fay. He said Sherlow was fully co-operative with police, admitting she used the illegal drug to help her illness. Defence lawyer Mak Harrower said “rumour” led to police calling at his client’s home as she hadn’t told anyne avout the cannabis plants which were kept in a bedroom cupboard.