A man in the U.K. who has been prescribed medicinal marijuana was ordered to spend three years and seven months in prison after he was caught with both the medicine and ecstasy.
The Jersey Evening Post reported this week that the man was sentenced after earlier admitting to supplying the drugs. The accused had been prescribed cannabis for an anxiety disorder, court heard, and he reportedly had a network of friends who would sometimes supply weed to one another when they had it.
Taking, carrying, making, selling, dealing or supplying drugs is illegal throughout the U.K., notes information from the government. For a Class B substance like cannabis, the maximum penalty for producing or supplying the substance is 14 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both. For a Class A substance such as ecstasy, production or supply carries a far stricter top penalty: life in
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