Elderly woman gets conditional release for growing cannabis to self-medicate due to high costs. La mujer mayor obtiene liberación condicional por cultivar cannabis para automedicarse debido a los altos costos.

A 78-year-old woman from Tamworth, Betty Marlene Barnes, received a 12-month Conditional Release Order for growing 13 cannabis plants at home to self-medicate for her arthritis and other medical conditions, due to the high cost of legal medicinal cannabis. Una mujer de 78 años de Tamworth, Betty Marlene Barnes, recibió una orden de liberación condicional de 12 meses para cultivar 13 plantas de cannabis en casa para automedicarse por su artritis y otras afecciones médicas, debido al alto costo del cannabis medicinal legal. Barnes pleaded guilty, and the court did not record a conviction. Barnes se declaró culpable, y el tribunal no registró una condena. Magistrate Julie Soars warned Barnes against repeating such an offense. La magistrada Julie Soars advirtió a Barnes que no repitiera tal ofensa.