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30 Marijuana Plants for Back Pain -
Valid Excuse?
Is 30 plants the magic number for personal use in order to get out of jail?
Posted by:
Reginald Reefer, today at 12:00am
30 plants for back pain – valid excuse!
How much cannabis should you be allowed to have for what ails you? It’s a good question and
something that we need to address when we’re talking about full-scale cannabis legalization. Do
we place a limit on how much cannabis an individual may or may not have? Do we place a limit on
the amount of plants they are allowed to grow and does this mean that cannabis is not a right but
rather only a privilege?
The reason I’m writing this article is because of an article I read of a bloke from the UK who was
busted with 30-cannabis plants and avoided jail by claiming it was for a “bad back
(https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/man-found-30-

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cannabis-plants-19052639)”. Some people may sco at the notion that a person may need 30-
plants for back-pain – but what if that is what it takes? Are you seriously going to limit a medical
patient from his or her right to self-medicate with whatever works for them?
In the case of George Jacques – a judge thought it was enough of a reason to let him go with
community service as opposed to sending him to prison. This despite the police saying, “the loft as
a ‘good, established set up of a cannabis farm’.”
He was essentially sentenced to 18-months community service and had to plead guilty to
possession and cultivation. In all likeliness, Jacques was dealing weed and it could possibly NOT be
for his back – but what if it was…is that an excuse to harass someone for growing weed?
A limit to relief…
If you’re hungry…do you need a doctor to tell you to eat? If you’re thirsty…do you need counseling
on how to quench your thirst? Of course not! These are ridiculous notions for sure!
However, this is exactly the same premise we deal with when we’re talking about cannabis.
Arguably – cannabis is one of the safest therapeutic substances known to man. You cannot have a
physical overdose on the drug [it’s virtually impossible], the level of toxicity is also much lower than
most modern soft-drinks yet for everything except cannabis – you don’t need permission.
There’s no limit on the amount of cigarette packs you can buy at a time. Nor do you have limits on
how many bottles of vodka you’d like to take with you. If you have $10,000 on you to spend on
booze in a single night – no law enforcement o cer will bat an eye. In fact, they’ll probably want to
come and shake your hand.
Except – alcohol is tied to up to 40% of all violent crime according to o cial FBI stats. Roughly,
80,000 people die annually directly from alcohol and apart from sterilization – alcohol serves no
medical purposes.
Yet – you are only eligible to grow 6 or 8 plants? In some cases, 12 or more. But this limitation on
how much you can and cannot consume or how much you can and cannot grow is a passive
declaration of several assumptions;
Cannabis is so dangerous – more dangerous than tobacco and alcohol, which warrants restrictions on
the individual’s liberty of consumption.
That the government has a right to say what you can and cannot put into your body
The government has a right to restrict your diet if they believe it to be harmful for you
That the government is needed to ensure enforcing the restrictions on cannabis
In other words – it’s not really “legal”. If alcohol and tobacco are both “legal” – and only has an age
limit as its restriction [at least in terms of purchasing] – then cannabis is not legal but “allowed”
which is di erent.

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Of course – some may argue that cannabis has di erent a ects and that unregulated grows will
most de nitely nd their way into the hands of the youth and this may be true.
Certainly some youth, even under a heavy regulated system – or even under a completely
restrictive system such as prohibition – will still consume cannabis. However, is this criminal? Is the
youth drinking alcohol, smoking weed and doing drugs criminal o enses?
It’s not the smartest for sure – but it’s not the same as sticking up some old lady in a dark alleyway
for all her earthly possessions either.
We don’t want kids to smoke tobacco – so we placed a restriction on it. That’s okay – no one is
arguing that we can’t protect children.
However – if there isn’t a limitation on how many cigarettes on can smoke in a day or how many
bottles of booze you can guzzle down in an evening – why then do we have restrictions on how
much weed you can have?
30-plants for back pain is as ne a reason for cultivating as any other. The informal market will
always exist – however, the informal market is not the black market. And this is something the
government fails to understand.
Not everyone who operates outside of the law is a criminal – we may be “outlaws”, but that doesn’t
make us bad.
If someone is selling weed to their friends and friends of friends – I would equate the action to
someone growing Oyster mushrooms and selling it to their network. Do we need regulation in
these intimate markets? I don’t think so.
When you go commercial – for sure. However, if you’re growing for yourself or even selling to your
immediate network – I personally believe that there should be zero limitations on cannabis
cultivation, possession and consumption.
If you absolutely need an amount to say “this person is dealing large scale” let’s say – personal limit
of 10 pounds should do it. You know – for my back pain.
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