Community | July 30, 2008 | 5 comments

The ganja is for asthma

source: http://www.kaieteurnews.com/?p=3761

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A father of one was remanded to prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty to a possession of narcotics charge at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Kenrick Estwick, 51, of 345 ‘A’ Field Sophia, is accused of having in his possession five grams of cannabis on July 26, at Hague, West Coast Demerara.

Estwick, the father of one, pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

The accused was represented by defence counsel Patrice Henry, who asked the magistrate to exercise leniency. He told the magistrate that his client is asthmatic and uses the cannabis for medicinal purposes.

Henry further added that, prior to this incident, his client never had any other run-in with the law, and as such asked that a non-custodian sentenced be imposed on his client.

Police prosecutor Desiree Fowler told the court that, on the day in question, the police, acting on information, went to Hague, West Coast Demerara, and located the accused.

She said a party of police conducted a search on the accused and a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems, suspected to be cannabis, were found. This was later confirmed at the Leonora Police Station, where the suspect was detained.

The magistrate then asked the defence counsel to tender a clinic card in court later today, when the case will be called again, to show that his client is indeed asthmatic.
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5 comments // The ganja is for asthma

  • MinneapolisMafia
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    • Decriminalize ganja and release all non violent ganja related prisoners! NOW! Any one that supports the drug war is an enemy traitor of the Republic of the free USA!

    • 3 years ago
  • Enjoy_Cannabis
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    • ANTI-ASTHMA CIGARETTES:

      Because of our present day disgust for the tobacco industry, one is tempted to dismiss the idea of a medical (life saving) cigarette altogether. But that would be a mistake: Cannabis, in its smokable form, has been known to quickly stop full-scale asthma attacks. A medical fact that, while only scientifically proven in the late 20th Century, did not go unnoticed by 19th Century medical practitioners. To quote a major medical journal of its day:

      CIGARETTES OF CANNABIS INDICA.

      Medical Times and Gazette. Medical News; Oct 1870; 28, 334;

      "The cigarettes of Cannabis Indica, made by Gremault, of Paris, have been found most efficient in the treatment of affections of the organs of respiration and circulation, no less than in affections of the central and peripheral nervous system. The unpleasant effects which so often follow the internal and subcutaneous use of opium and of Cannabis Indica are not produced by the cigarette. There use is recommended (1) in spinal neuroses, and epilepsy; (2) in neurosis of the sensory nerves, neuralgia of the teeth, branches of the fifth pair, the sciatic nerves; (3) neuroses of the motor nerves, spasm of the throat air passages; (4) affections of the sympathetic nerves, hysteria, and other diseases not attended with plethora, and congestion of the head, heart, or lungs. They are especially useful in asthma, peruses, spasm of the stomach and intestinal canal, nervous palpitation of the heart, and exert a quieting influence over the whole nervous system."

    • 3 years ago
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