Cannabis user grew plants to feed his habit
A MAN who turned to cannabis after becoming an alcoholic aged 13 has appeared in court after he began growing his own drugs to save money.
Simon Jeffrey Brierley, 25, admitted producing cannabis at an address in Cwm Clyd, Waunarlwydd.
Police raided the address on November 21 and found a room had been sealed off and set up with watering equipment as well as several bottles of plant food and a dehumidifier.
A second man, Simon Evans, 34, of Llys y Pobydd, Llanelli, was found inside the address when police raided it and also appeared at Swansea Magistrates' Court after being charged with being concerned in the supply of drugs. He was handed a financial penalty.
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Evans told police the house belonged to Brierley. Officers then went to Brierley's home at Cheriton Crescent, Portmead.
In his interview, Brierley admitted growing the plants.
He said his cannabis habit was around £30 a day and prosecutor Lisa Jones said it was accepted he was growing the drugs for his own use.
Police later calculated that the plants could have produced £5,400 of the Class B drug.
Brierley told probation officer Fred Matthews he began having issues with alcohol when he was 11 years old, but was addicted by 13.
Brierley said he had turned to cannabis seven years ago because it reduced his need for alcohol, but had ended up smoking cannabis daily.
Brierley said he researched growing cannabis online and set up the growing system in his house for £240.
"His need for the drug outweighed his common sense," said Mr Matthews.
Steven John, representing Brierley, said his client was trying to produce a "conveyor belt" system, where there would be a constant supply of drugs.
He said his client had now reduced his drugs intake.
City magistrates imposed a 12-month community order including supervision. Brierley was also told to pay a £60 victim surcharge and costs of £85.
2 Comments
by cannabisoil
Saturday, March 09 2013, 3:41PM
“PoetPeter, you are not understanding this. The only reason this plant was propagandized and banned in the beginning of the last century because the Rockefellers and their friends started funding the medical foundations. They built hospitals all over the USA and outlawed the use of any plants or their extracts in their "scientific" medicine. The Rockefellers and DuPont realized they could make a fortune out of chemicals and poisons but first they had to lobby against the most medicinal plant in the world - cannabis hemp.
The resinous, oily extract from the Cannabis Indica plant flowers is the cure for all cancers. It also cures or controls all of mankind's diseases. There is not a pharmaceutical in the world that works better for any disease than cannabis oil. The greatest medicine is right in front of us and we are not allowed to use it. Scientist technocrats have long been trying to create the synthetic copy of this medicine to patent it and sell it and a ridiculously high price. So far they have failed, and even if they have succeeded, why would we pay the pharmaceutical companies for something that nature can give us in abundance, free of charge? The last thing we want is to pay taxes for using this medicine to heal ourselves.
Legalize it? No. "Legalization" always comes with restrictions. Clear all laws prohibiting its use immediately. People do not forget! It is our natural right to use this wonderful medicine to heal ourselves and take it as a preventive measure. It is our right to grow as much as we want on our own land for ourselves and take the extracts from it.
Regulate it? Certainly. As much as tea.
Tax it? No. We are being maimed, killed, tortured since the past one century by the western medical system and big pharma. How many people have died a horrible death just from cancer by prohibiting the use of this plant? Why on earth would we want to pay taxes to the government and pharmaceutical companies that denied this plant's use in the first place? We should sue them all instead. That's what's coming in the very near future so dear politicians, do the right thing and clear these insane laws immediately. As I said above, people will not forget your acts and I wouldn't want to be in your position when that "one" day comes. For anyone who thinks I am coco, make a little research online and certainly visit this page for a lot of testimonials about the oil.
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by PoetPeter
Saturday, March 09 2013, 7:50AM
“We need to stop this stupid and unwinnable war against cannabis. It is causing far more harm to our communities than it prevents. If we had a properly regulated system of production and supply we'd have no more illegal and dangerous cannabis farms causing fires. Instead we'd have thousands of new jobs. We'd have no more dealers on the streets. Cannabis would be available to adults only through licensed outlets and we'd have some control over the THC and CBD content.
Doctors would be able to prescribe one of the most effective medicines that has no serious side effects at all. At the moment the government has given GW Pharmaceuticals an illegal monopoly on cannabis so they make millions out of a medicine that you can grow in your greenhouse for virtually nothing.
If we introduced a legally regulated system we would solve nearly all the problems around cannabis. Science proves how much safer it is than tobacco, alcohol, prescription medicines and all other recreational drugs. If anyone does have a problem with it they could get help without having to confess to a crime.
CLEAR published independent, expert research last year which shows that a tax and regulate policy on cannabis would produce a net gain to the UK economy of up to £9.3 billion per annum.
It is a scandal that our government, our judges, our courts, our police and our newspapers keep misleading us about cannabis. Find out the truth for yourself and wake up to the lies you have been told.”