Teenager grew cannabis at home
THIRTEEN cannabis plants were found growing in the house of a 19-year-old who has smoked the drug since he was just 13.
The discovery of a number of 4ft plants and smaller ones waiting to be planted on was made by police who raided the house Joshua Lake shared with his mother.
Spalding magistrates heard how Lake, of Baulkins Drove, Sutton St James, had cultivated them from seed to produce the drug for his own use, as he was smoking cannabis almost every day.
He admitted a charge of being concerned in the production of a class B drug.
In mitigation, Charlotte Winchester said Mr Lake had cut down his cannabis use since the raid and was trying to get help.
Magistrates imposed a 12-month community order and a six-month drug rehabilitation order and ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the plants and growing equipment.
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cshaws
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 02:16 PMAnd exactly where are the victims of this horrific crime? According to the daily Mail's experts on cannabis this young chap should be an axe wielding paranoid schizophrenic by now. Of course he has agreed to 'try and get help' because that puts him in a good light with the court. What a waste of time and money dragging this unfortunate lad through the courts for basically minding his own business when GW Pharmaceuticals are doing exactly the same thing but growing 60,000 plants on a kent science park with impunity. Why aren't they arrested and charged? They're not doing anything different to this young man except they sell theirs at huge profit. I wonder how they get away with that ?££££
Peter Reynolds
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 06:30 PMEnd the prohibition of cannabis. Minimise all health and social harms. Pull the rug from under organised crime. Boost the UK economy by up to £9.3 billion per annum. Permit the use of one of the safest and most effective medicines known to man.
Dan Ford
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 01:20 PMWhat a sensible young man, by doing this he was able to avoid associating with criminal elements and won't be funding gangland activity. The real tragedy is that people have to do this in secret and it wastes a lot of electricity growing plants under lights indoors. These god-given plants should be grown under the sun, as intended.
peekachoo
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 01:14 PMDid his mum not know he was doing this? After all they share the same house. If she did, did she not care enough to try and help him stop smoking it, or at least ban him from growing the plants in her home.
Mr Angry of Tonbridge
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 12:48 PMPerhaps somebody should explain to Ms Winchester that it is likely Mr Lake has cut down on his cannabis use because his supply was seized during the raid.
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