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UK: Legalise Cannabis Granny Takes Fight to Downing Street
Rachel Williams Press Association
Wednesday 09 Feb 2005 A drug-dealing grandmother took her fight to legalise cannabis to the heart= =20 of Government today =96 even stopping to take some of it outside the gates= of=20 Downing Street. Patricia Tabram, who delivered a letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair asking= =20 for cannabis to be legalised on medical grounds, tasted her drinking=20 chocolate powder laced with the drug as policemen stood guard behind her. The 66-year-old, from Humshaugh, near Hexham, Northumberland, was also=20 meeting a literary agent to discuss publishing a book she has written and=20 even the possibility of making a film about her life. In the lengthy letter, Mrs Tabram claims commercially-produced medicines=20 are more harmful than cannabis. She claims that her dependence on the NHS has lessened since she started=20 taking the Class C drug to help with health problems, including depression,= =20 whiplash back pain and tinnitus. The widow, who cuts an unlikely figure as a drug dealer with her grey hair= =20 and spectacles, sprung to prominence at Newcastle Crown Court in December=20 when she admitted possessing cannabis with intent to supply. She maintains that she laces her food with the illegal herb because=20 prescription medicines make her ill and cannabis does not. She prides herself on her homemade herbal cookies, casseroles and soups and= =20 has cooked up treats containing the drug for neighbours and friends in her= =20 village. Mrs Tabram, who was not allowed into Downing Street because she had not=20 made an appointment, said she was =93terrified=94 of NHS medication. =93The cannabis masks the pain,=94 she said. =93It is a herb and I want people to call it a herb. It is no different to= =20 sage, thyme or rosemary. =93It makes me feel pleasant, it takes away the feeling of despair and makes= =20 me feel optimistic about life instead of pessimistic.=94 Mrs Tabram, who is due to be sentenced on March 11, said she would not give= =20 up self-medicating. =93They can put me in prison as long as they like,=94 she said. She added that the number of people using the drug for medical reasons in=20 her cannabis eating club, in which they swap new recipes, had recently=20 jumped from 17 to 138. Mrs Tabram invited Mr Blair to visit her bungalow where she would make him= =20 a cup of her cannabis hot chocolate to ease his aches and pains. A spokeswoman for literary agent David Godwin Associates said they would be= =20 talking to Mrs Tabram about publishing her book, Grandma Eats Cannabis, and= =20 other potential projects. =93There is possibly a film in it and certainly a documentary,=94 she said. Northumbria Police were tipped off about Mrs Tabram and twice raided her=20 bungalow in May and June last year. They seized 32 cannabis plants growing= =20 in her home.
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