The unamed medical cannabis patient who lives in Central Bohemia, had grown some seventy plants in her vegetable patch, which she used in the treatment of an ulcer and foot pain.

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A regional court in the town of Nymburk twice found her guilty of illegal production and possession of marihuana and she was given a suspended prison sentence of two years.

The Supreme Court has now overruled the previous verdicts and ordered the Prague Municipal Court to re-examine the case.

Supreme Court Ruling
The ruling of the Supreme Courts does not make the growing of cannabis legal and people who do so can still be accused of illegal production and possession of drugs.

Nevertheless the verdict suggests that lower courts should thoroughly investigate individual cases to prove whether the grower really intended to produce marihuana or just use it for medical purposes.

Observers, including Ivan Douda, a founder of "Drop-In" which is a drug clinic in Prague, stress it would be useful for those who do, to have some kind of doctor’s recommendation.

More and more people are being tried for marihuana possession in the Czech Republic each year and experts now hope that the recent Supreme Court decision could lower the number of what they view as unfair convictions.

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