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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 New Zealand: Takaka woman's use of cannabis to treat MS 'topical' 🌿New Zealand: Takaka woman's use of cannabis to treat MS 'topical'
A Nelson District Court judge struggled to find an appropriate sentence for a woman who cultivated cannabis to help treat her multiple sclerosis.
Fiona Porter, 45, told the court on Monday that she grew cannabis for personal medicinal use after medication prescribed to treat her multiple sclerosis left her unable to see, walk or speak properly at times.
Police found 11 mature cannabis plants growing among tomatoes and corn at her Takaka home on February 9.
Porter told police that she blended leaves from the plants and consumed them.
Choosing to appear without legal representation, Porter explained to judge Peter Hobbs that she gave up growing cannabis in 2011 after being reprimanded by the court.
Having been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2013, she decided to start growing again last year, she said.
"Since I started taking the [prescribed] medication I can't drive, I can't concentrate and it affects my liver.
"It's no excuse...
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