Student claims to be part of ‘hobbyist cannabis culture’

A student, found with cannabis plants and a weighing scales, claimed he was part of “a hobbyist cannabis culture” following a connoisseur’s blogs.

Student claims to be part of ‘hobbyist cannabis culture’

Daniel Flynn, of 21 Dromnevane, Kenmare, a visual communications and graphic design student who hopes to work in advertising, is claiming he was indulging in “a hobby” in which he measured his own intake of the herb and was following a weekly blog on the internet, for about a year.

Mr Flynn appeared before Kenmare District Court, charged with unlawful possession, cultivation and with sale or supply of cannabis; including two lumps of cannabis resin, found in a kitchen drawer, valued at €120, two bags of cannabis herb, valued at €800 on December 13, 2013.

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