Go, Go, Ganja Granny!
I take my hat off to Patricia Tabram, the 68-year-old grandmother who was recently convicted of growing cannabis. After years of suffering side-effects from pharmaceutical medication for pain relief, this strong-willed, independent lady made the decision to medicate herself with cannabis. She’s not doing it to get high. She’s not promoting substance abuse. She’s not selling drugs to anyone. She’s simply looking after herself in a natural and far more effective way than the NHS could manage. And for this act of self-sufficiency, she is being punished with 250 hours of community service and a £1,000 fine.
Thankfully, Patricia hasn’t bowed down after her sentence. She has stated firmly that she’ll continue to take cannabis and she will appeal her sentence. She’s even prepared to go to prison for her cause.
Well, I hope this brings to light the sheer lunacy of cannabis laws in this country. Tax-payers fund the ever-dwindling government health system and here is someone who can take care of herself with no harm or cost to anyone else. Surely she should be revered as an example to us all! Soon enough, there will be no NHS and those of us who can’t afford private health-care will be feeling pretty sore. Anyone who is able to medicate him or herself should be encouraged to continue and to educate the rest of us.
And it’s not just a question of self-dependence. Cannabis is well-known to be a very effective painkiller with far fewer side-effects than pharmaceutical drugs. Patricia claims one cup of hot chocolate containing cannabis provides her with up to five hours pain relief and she feels no ill-effect from her regular intake. Compare this with an hour or two of relief using legal prescriptions that can cause irreversible liver damage… There really isn’t much choice, is there?
So we’re back to that omnipresent question: Why is cannabis illegal? Well, in this case, the drugs companies whose remedies the vast masses rely upon are lining the government’s pockets and therefore must be kept in business. If our population was allowed to begin using alternative, natural medication and cultivate it in an economical and environmentally friendly way, the corrupt power of our country would fall apart.
Go on, Patricia! Give ‘em all you’ve got! We’re right behind you!!!