Cobridge cannabis addict Nadeem Mohammed went on run after drugs seizure
CANNABIS grower Nadeem Mohammed has been jailed after police raided the drug addict's home.
The 26-year-old grew the class B drug at his home in Hillary Street, Cobridge, last year.
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Police raided the property to find 32 cannabis plants nearing maturity.
They also found two rooms adapted for growing cannabis with plastic sheeting, ventilation and specialist equipment.
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Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard the plants were capable of producing 896 grams or 32 ounces of cannabis with a street value of between £3,840 and £5,120. Officers also recovered some electronic scales and 5.13 grams of cannabis vegetation.
Mohammed told police the drugs were for his own use as he had a £60 a day cannabis habit.
He said he was not growing the plants for commercial reasons but said he would have given some to like-minded friends free of charge. He added that the cost of setting up the drugs operation was about £1,000.
The defendant, now of Wise Street, Dresden, pleaded guilty to producing cannabis, abstracting electricity and failing to turn up at court to be sentenced on February 3.
He went on the run for eight months before finally being sentenced yesterday.
Tom Schofield, mitigating, said it was a 'great tragedy' Mohammed did not turn up to be sentenced in February as he may have avoided a prison sentence if he had done.
"But by not attending, he has thrown that chance away. There has to be a custodial sentence today," said Mr Schofield.
He conceded Mohammed's record does him no credit.
"He is clearly a man with a drug addiction," said Mr Schofield.
But he added that the defendant is still only 26 and there will come a point when he makes a decision to change.
Judge Paul Glenn jailed Mohammed for three months for producing cannabis and abstracting electricity and 14 days to run consecutively for failing to answer his bail.
"You let yourself down extremely badly," said Judge Glenn.
"You did not attend for a drug rehabilitation requirement assessment on January 25 and you failed to turn up at court on February 3.
"It is accepted you got cold feet fearing you would go into custody.
"You made the situation worse by making no attempt to hand yourself in after that. You were at large for getting on for eight months."
Judge Glenn said the set up was 'quite sophisticated'.
He told Mohammed: "You had bought expensive hydroponic equipment. You had done your homework.
"There were 32 plants in two rooms with a potentially significant value.
"You bypassed the electricity meter to provide a free supply of electricity.
"I judge these offences so seriously that only custody is appropriate."




Comments
by gcmercier
Sunday, November 11 2012, 2:19PM
“So if an alcohol consumer drank daily more alcohol than what is deemed safe for his body, and grew his own grapes to make his own wine, then that's all legal? But if a cannabis consumer grows his plants to consume as much as he wants, he's a criminal? Alcohol harms the body and the mind far more than cannabis. If one of these two ought to be illegal, it should be alcohol. But I believe that responsible adults should be free to choose whatever they want to do that doesn't harm others, and that means being free to drink as much alcohol and consume as much cannabis as you want, in private.”
by Johntoe
Sunday, October 07 2012, 11:08AM
“"Cannabis and addiction"
LINK- http://tinyurl.com/8hlcqb6
Under the heading, "Addiction potential"
QUOTE-
Research has shown the overall addiction potential for cannabis to be less than for caffeine, tobacco, alcohol, cocaine or heroin, but slightly higher than that for psilocybin, mescaline, LSD.
There is some evidence that dependence on cannabis can exist in some heavy users. One study with 500 heavy users of cannabis showed that when trying to cease consumption, some experience one or more symptoms such as insomnia, restlessness, loss of appetite, depression, irritability, and anger" END QUOTE,
When I stopped smoking it after being a daily user for 32 years, I DID find it hard to sleep and had a slight loss of appetite, for LESS than a week,
When I stopped smoking tobacco (4 months AFTER I quit using cannabis) I had all of the symptoms of withdrawal listed in the quote, ........ for about 3 months!!!
and from the above link another QUOTE-
"A 1998 French governmental report commissioned by Health Secretary of State Bernard Kouchner, and directed by Dr. Pierre-Bernard Roques, classed drugs according to addictiveness and neurotoxicity. It placed heroin, cocaine and alcohol in the most addictive and lethal categories;" {heroin cocaine and ALCOHOL as the most addictive and lethal}
"benzodiazepine, hallucinogens and tobacco in the medium category, and cannabis in the last category. The report stated that "Addiction to cannabis does not involve neurotoxicity such as it was defined in chapter 3 by neuroanatomical, neurochemical and behavioral criteria. Thus, former results suggesting anatomic changes in the brain of chronic cannabis users, measured by tomography, were not confirmed by the accurate modern neuro-imaging techniques. Moreover, morphological impairment of the hippocampus [which plays a part in memory and navigation] of rats after administration of very high doses of THC (Langfield et al., 1988) was not shown (Slikker et al., 1992)." Health Secretary Bernard Kouchner concluded that : "Scientific facts show that, for cannabis, no neurotoxicity is demonstrated, to the contrary of alcohol and cocaine"
HMM I wonder who knows best when it comes to knowing about drug addiction, highly respected research scientists chemists and psychiatrists, OR a judge in a court in Stoke?
I think I will believe the the totally un-qualified judge, because I am an idiot and an ignorant troll, ( (says you know who)”
by SourAlienOG
Saturday, October 06 2012, 4:03PM
“Johntoe
Its true, cannabis being illegal is because of how versatile it is. Many describe it as Gods Gift, simply because it gives humans every thing they need to survive. From Clothing to rope, to fuel and food, to medicine and 'spiritual enlightenment' and so on. Its a superplant. If it could only get people high, it wouldnt be illegal. Then again, the effect from cannabis is a higher more vivid state of consciousness and awareness. It allows us to see us as the slaves we have become, and then frees us. Enabling us to think outside the box. What government would want people thinking for themselves?”
by SourAlienOG
Saturday, October 06 2012, 3:57PM
“camband
I think you just destroyed the standard troll c&P lol. Great break down.”
by Johntoe
Saturday, October 06 2012, 2:42PM
“Henry fords Hemp car
http://tinyurl.com/oy56tb
The truth is out there,”
by Johntoe
Saturday, October 06 2012, 2:33PM
“@ Camband,
Excellent post mate, although the reasons you gave for it's prohibition are nowhere near as complex as the actual truth,
LINK- http://tinyurl.com/6ny3aut
and a few quotes from it,
"The Hemp Plant, Humankind's Savior - 50,000 Uses and Counting"
The hemp plant was one of humankind's first cultivated plants and there is quite a lot to educate oneself about this greatly historical plant. With the help of the hemp plant we, as a society could eliminate smog from current fuels, create a cleaner energy source that can replace nuclear power, remove radioactive waste from the soil, and eliminate smog from our skies in more industrialized areas. The hemp plant could assist in eliminating non-biodegradable plastics and cars by reintroducing Henry Ford's 100 year old dream of building cars made from hemp with a plastic hemp car body that can withstand a blow 10 times as great as steel without denting, weighs 1 thousand pounds less than steel, hence improving gas mileage, can run on a vegetable oil based all natural hemp fuel, and has a completely biodegradable body. Nationwide hemp production could eliminate deforestation by converting current paper to hemp paper which can be recycled up to 8 times where as our current wood pulp is only recyclable up to 3 times, and we could thrive from eating hemp seeds and feeding it to our animals and livestock.
Chemicals in cannabis can be used in medicines and are estimated to treat around 250 diseases and illnesses, from which studies have shown inhibits the growth of cancer cells in rats, as well as a long list of other ailments. Finally, we could make an estimated 50,000 products ranging from building composites, cellophane, dynamite to shampoo, textiles, twine and yarn."
END QUOTE,
there is lots more information there for the knowledge hungry mind, NOTHING there for the hard of thinking,
So you see from the above, there are FAR more 'vested interests' than only the alcohol pushers wanting to keep cannabis illegal, The VAST petro chemical fossil fuel and pharmaceutical drug companies who make TRILLIONS of dollars a year and control the global economy as well as nation states don't EVER want poor 3rd world countries to be allowed to mass grow this cheap and very easy and quick growing plant,
It has NOTHING to do with concerns for 'our health' (as IF) or "STONERS" getting high, after only a tiny amount of research the 'truth' is there for all to see,
Except for drunken trolls of course,”
by camband
Saturday, October 06 2012, 1:53PM
“fissionchips 'daily bulletin' (with expert qualifying comments)
CANNABIS IS ILLEGAL ...-but most of those in government upholding that law -are users, or past users as students and as such know that it is far less harmful than the legal drug alcohol, but as most of the Tory party hierarchy are alcohol dependent, ..the Cameron Set are afraid to voice their true opinion and legalise it.
CANNABIS WILL ALWAYS BE ILLEGAL -yes, correct, so long as the status quo described above remains the case. Government by a bigoted minority of Tory elders.
STONERS ARE CRIMINALS -yes that's quite true -forced to be so by the above stated status quo.. and the preference for the legal ADDICTIVE DRUG ALCOHOL BY THE TORY ELDERS.
STONERS WILL ALWAYS BE CRIMINALS... yip... for reasons you agree on, as outlined above.
CANNABIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO HARD DRUGS... such as ALCOHOL.
CANNABIS HAS THEREFORE KILLED MILLIONS ? Millions? ..I think you're confused now.. confusing the figures for ALCOHOL DEATHS. Check your sources, they're fraudulent.
STONERS ARE DANGEROUS SCUM... Now I'll just treat that remark as from a person who's lost the plot, hysterical, and only goes to define your paranoia re soft harmless substances like the 'charm of the weed'.
Cannabis will never, ever be legalised by any UK government! NOW YOU'RE GETTING EVEN MORE HYSTERICAL. GOD LIKE.
Hehehehe ;-) truth hurts eh." -Yes it certainly does -HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER READING MY QUALIFICATIONS TO YOUR DAILY/HOURLY REPEAT BROADCAST? Finding it hurtful I expect.”
by SourAlienOG
Friday, October 05 2012, 6:07PM
“Some people will never be able to accept the truth”
by fissionchips
Friday, October 05 2012, 12:09AM
“JOB DONE THEN but….
If the poet can keep posting the same drivel on every website with a cannabis thread then I can keep posting the same replies:
You've got me under your skin
You've got me deep in the brain of you
So deep in your brain I'm really a part of you
You've got me under your skin
You tried so not to give in
I said to myself this humiliation will go so well
But why should you try to resist when, stoner, you know darn well
You've got me under your skin
Here's for the stoner's dreams
CANNABIS IS ILLEGAL
CANNABIS WILL ALWAYS BE ILLEGAL
STONERS ARE CRIMINALS
STONERS WILL ALWAYS BE CRIMINALS
CANNABIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO HARD DRUGS
CANNABIS HAS THEREFORE KILLED MILLIONS
STONERS ARE DANGEROUS SCUM
Cannabis will never, ever be legalised by any UK government!
Hehehehe ;-) truth hurts eh.”
by SourAlienOG
Thursday, October 04 2012, 11:24PM
“Johntoe
Agreed, Guess i shouldn't argue with idiots, they drag me down to their level and beat me with experience.
http://tinyurl.com/9abgn6q
Great song by Junior Gong Marley himself.”