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Cannabis Grandmother's Book Hopes
A grandmother on a drugs charge who cooks treats using cannabis has written a book about her activities which she aims to get published.
BBC News | 01/26/05

Patricia Tabram, 66, of Hexham, Northumberland, bakes cannabis-laced biscuits, soups and casseroles for herself and friends.

She hopes her book called Grandma Eats Cannabis will be in print soon.

Ms Tabram appeared in court this week after admitting possessing cannabis with intent to supply.

Proceedings were adjourned to allow for the preparation of reports and she was remanded on bail until 11 March.

The grandmother-of-two began cooking for friends using food laced with the illegal drug after being introduced to it last year.

Police raids

Mrs Tabram, a former chef, said: "I suffer from depression, whiplash in my neck and back pain. I went to bed and the next morning I felt so much better. I didn't know what I had taken so I asked my friends. They said it was cannabis.

"But I don't like smoking so they said I could cook with it."

But Northumbria Police were tipped off and twice raided her house in May and June last year.

They seized 31 cannabis plants growing in her loft and another one from her hallway table.

She said: "When the police came to my door I invited them in. I told them to look in the loft and I offered them some tea and biscuits."

Mrs Tabram, whose home contains cookery books and books by convicted drug dealer Howard Marks, is hoping Marks' publishers will take on her book.

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vladimir

i think its great to see that this lady did not just succumb to the law when she kept getting caught, but instead made a big deal out of it. this is great in showing the public just how ridiculous the war on pot really is. i salute her.

Burninbrooke

I agree, do we know her age?

Buzzby

The earlier article about her said that she's 66.

Burninbrooke

That's awsome, maybe she will help people realize that we smokers aren't just a punch of young punks

Buzzby

It's true that the majority of smokers quit before they're 35 but I know a lot of "old people" (55 and older) who have been smoking since the 60s. Those of us who were 18 for 1967's "Summer of Love" are 56 now. Those who were 18 for Woodstock are 54.

I've never met anyone, though, who started smoking in their 60s.

When I read about the book, though, it made me think this was a well-planned scheme to make some money through free publicity: write the book, get busted, get publicized, get published, get rich.