Cancer survivor grew cannabis for pain relief

A lung cancer survivor who said he grew cannabis plants partly for pain relief has avoided going to jail.

Cancer survivor grew cannabis for pain relief

Stephen Young, a 46-year-old father of one, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to cultivating cannabis at Glasslynn Apartments, Howth Rd, on October 15, 2012.

The court heard that Young, of Red Archers Close, Baldoyle, went to “elaborate lengths” to shield his daughter from the drugs by renting a room in a different house to grow the plants.

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