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A Queensland couple accused of supplying marijuana to their children allegedly told police they did so to prevent them from buying drugs elsewhere. Police will allege the couple from Marsden, in Logan City, grew marijuana at home and their three children regularly smoked marijuana in their bedrooms. Police will allege that they found a pipe and marijuana at the couple's house and cuttings of a plant in the backyard. They also will allege that the marijuana was grown for personal use and so that the children, two of whom were aged 13 and 14 at the time, would not buy drugs somewhere else. Police also will claim that homegrowing the drugs allowed the parents to know what type of drugs their sons were taking, as well as controlling their drug intake, stopping them from stealing and sneaking around the house. The couple, who cannot be named to protect their children's identity, are conjointly facing seven drug-related charges. The charges include supplying a dangerous drug to a minor, producing a dangerous drug, possessing a dangerous drug and possessing a utensil used for the smoking of a dangerous drug. The offences allegedly took place at a house in Marsden between October 1997 and March this year. The couple, aged 41 and 46, were not required to appear in Beenleigh Magistrates Court yesterday and the case was adjourned until February 4 for mention. Copyright News Limited 1998 In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 and The Berne Convention on Literary and Artistic Works, Article 10, news clippings are made available without profit for research and educational purposes. |
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