Pubdate: Mon, 02 Apr 2007
Source: Stabroek News (Guyana)
Copyright: 2007 Stabroek News
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4034
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WOMAN WHO USES CANNABIS AS A CURE GETS 3 YEARS JAIL

Magistrate Geeta Chandan sentenced a woman to three years
imprisonment after she told the court that she is sick and uses
cannabis as a cure.

According to the Fort Wellington Court report Jennifer Glasgow of
Lamaha Springs, Georgetown, pleaded guilty to a charge of possession
of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking when she appeared at
court. She was also fined $10,000 or an additional 20 days
imprisonment.

Glasgow on Wednesday had in her possession 2.2 kilograms of cannabis
for the purpose of trafficking.

Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Hatty Anthony, told the court that the
woman was travelling in a minibus which was stopped and searched
during a police roadblock and she was found with the items that
included weeds, seeds and stems.

Glasgow told the magistrate that she was sorry for the offence and
that she is sick and takes the drugs to cure her fibroids.
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