Cannabis gran Pat Tabram from Hexham who baked hash cookies for her neighbours dies The cannabis dealing grandmother, who made drug laced casseroles at her Humshaugh near Hexham, home was 'ahead of her time'

A cannabis-dealing grandmother who used to cook drug-laced casseroles for her neighbours was ahead of her times, a friend has said after her death.
 
  Patricia Tabram hit the headlines when her house was repeatedly raided by police after they were tipped off about the savoury smells and activities coming from her bungalow near Hexham, Northumberland.

In her kitchen she would cook up home-made herbal cookies, casseroles and soups, all with the special ingredient for her friends, who she said she was medicating.

She even went on to stand against a former cabinet minister in the 2005 General Election, representing the Legalise Cannabis Party.

Eventually the law caught up with her and she appeared at Newcastle Crown Court aged 66 in 2005 and admitted possessing cannabis with intent to supply.

But despite receiving a six-month jail sentence suspended for two years she made it clear she would continue taking the drug.

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