LEZLEY GIBSON CANNABIS CAMPAIGNER

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Below you can read the many articles that have referred to Lezley Gibson, who lives in Cumbria UK.

Lezley suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and calls for the legalisation of cannabis for both medical and recreational use.

She was instrumental in the formation of THC4MS and was among the first successful medical necessity defences against cannabis charges.

In December 2006, Lezley was tried before a jury at Carlisle Crown Court, along with her husband Mark Gibson and Marcus Davies of THC4MS, for conspiracy to supply cannabis in the form of free bars of chocolate to sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis.  The three had readily admitted to supplying over 35,000 bars over two years.  The judge instructed the jury that they had no defence in law and that medical value was irrelevant; the written testimonials of over 1000 clients were not allowed before the jury.  Possibly unaware of the rights of the jury to rule the law had been misapplied, and following the instructions of the judge, the guilty verdict was returned, a tragedy of justice which has led to suffering for many people.

On January 26, 2007, British Justice went completely berserk when Lezley was given a 9-month prison sentence along with husband Mark and Marcus Davies, the sentences suspended for two years.

In 2019, Lezley and her husband Mark were arrested again for growing a few cannabis plants in their private home, despite Lezley having been given a prescription for cannabis which will cost her about a thousand pounds per month.

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