A NORTH Albury man suffering from a vascular brain tumour uses cannabis for pain relief, a court heard yesterday.
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Wilbour Kentwel Murray described how he gets headaches from the condition and has had “a bad experience from medication” prescribed for him.
Murray explained to magistrate Tony Murray in Albury Local Court about turning to cannabis for relief.
“You are just not allowed to self-medicate,” Mr Murray told him.
Mr Murray said information provided at a recent conference for NSW magistrates indicated if people use cannabis regularly, it can remain in their system for up to six weeks.
It is a shorter period for people who use cannabis less frequently.
Murray, 53, of Monkhouse Place, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving with an illicit drug in his blood.
He obtained his NSW driver’s licence when aged 17 and has no previous matters on his record.
He was put on a two-year bond without conviction and ordered to complete the driver education course at the Albury Police and Citizens Youth Club.
Tendered police papers said Murray was driving a Ford sedan about 1.15pm on March 13 when he was stopped in Cadell Street.
He was given a random breath test which gave a negative result and then an oral fluid test for drugs.
The drug test produced a positive result for cannabis and Murray was arrested for another test.
He was taken to a drug testing truck parked at the back of the police station and an oral sample was put in a sealed vial.
Murray told police: “Yeah, I occasionally use for pain relief.”
The vial gave a positive result.
