Man pleads guilty to €4 worth of cannabis

The man is a former heroin addict and is wary of using pain medication as it is 'of an opiate-based nature'

The man told gardaí he had a small amount of cannabis for personal use. Picture: Stock Image.

A man has pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis, after saying he uses it for longstanding pain, because, as a former heroin addict, he is wary of the medication he has been prescribed.

Paul Lee, of 18 the Heights, Dromleigh, in Co Cork, pleaded guilty to possession of €4 worth of cannabis and a grinder, when gardaí searched his apartment under warrant on June 19 last.