A repeat offender who said that he uses cannabis occasionally to treat his asthmatic condition was yesterday fined $10,000 or will alternatively serve six weeks in prison after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.
Noland Forde, aka Noel Forde, admitted that on June 8 at Main Street, Georgetown, he had one gram of cannabis in his possession.
“Meh Worship, I does trouble with asthma, I sickly, and I does use it [cannabis] on and off,” was the explanation given by Forde when the magistrate enquired from him his reason for
