Raynes Park drug dealer tells police, 'so what'

Teen drug dealer tells police 'so what' Teen drug dealer tells police 'so what'

A teenage cannabis addict who turned to drug dealing to pay for his habit has promised to turn his life around.

The 16-year-old, from Raynes Park, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was caught with heroin and crack cocaine in Grand Drive, Raynes Park, on November 15, 2011.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing the drugs with intent to supply and for having a 'lock knife'.

When questioned about why he had a knife, police said he responded: “So what?”

The teen, who appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on April 6, told the court he got involved in drug dealing to pay for his cannabis addiction.

He said: “I just wanted to make some money but I started using drugs and that made me get into debt.

“I’m going to try and stop using cannabis. It’s going to take some time but I can do it slowly.”

He was given an 18-month supervision order, which included a three-month curfew and 91 days of intensive supervision in which he must attend a training course.


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Comments(4)

EverardEdbutt says...
9:39am Tue 17 Apr 12

What a pityful sentence for dealing Class A drugs. Is it any wonder so many people turn to dealing drugs when the punishments are so lenient, even that girl from Upper Norwood who attempted to smuggle 13kg (about £400,000) of cocaine only got a year
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SteveSimpson says...
11:39am Tue 17 Apr 12

A Heroin and Crack dealer addicted to Cannabis? - Whatever!

Psychologist says...
12:51pm Tue 17 Apr 12

Um, cannabis isn't addictive, you can stop in a day with no withdrawal if you want to.

moreachesandpains says...
9:27am Thu 19 Apr 12

Isn't it peculiar how the law is manipulated in this country. In the case of cannabis the government have already made it legal to produce, process and sell at huge profit. They have also invested a considerable amount of taxpayer's money in this enterprise. GW Pharmaceuticals grow 30 tons of high grade, high potency cannabis at a 'secret' location in the south of England every year with impunity. They extract ALL the active ingredients, bottle and flavour the end product and sell it as Sativex (currently only available for MS sufferers). It is cannabis in a bottle. It is a medicine certified as 'safe and effective' by the government. However, if you or I carry out exactly the same process, cannabis, according to the government , is a dangerous drug in category not considered legitimate for medical use. This utter hypocrisy underlies the governments war on some users of some drugs. Time to end the lies and bring the huge damage this 'war' is causing to an end. For example the NHS has calculated it will cost the taxpayer £125 per 10ml vial which is approximately 11 days supply. This equates to approximately £11 per day. There are an estimated 85,000 MS sufferers in the UK representing a cost of £6,545,000 per week to the NHS. If UK patients were allowed to be self sufficient in cannabis, which is far superior to Sativex, it would cost the NHS, and ultimately the British taxpayer, nothing. Add to this the potential for helping or curing diabetes, glaucoma, most cancers, arthritis, asthma, migraine, morning sickness, menstrual cramps, alzheimers, crohn's disease, eating disorders, chemo related nausea, epilepsy etc etc etc the list goes on and on.
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