I'm trying to imagine standing before a judge and telling the judge that the reason you grow pot in your house is because you can't afford booze. Amy Crowhurst who is 19 did just that in her trial for growing pot in her house. Amy was the UK's youngest mother ever as she got pregnant when she was 12 years old.
She says that parenting is tough and that she grows pot to escape the stresses of being a mother. She would rather drink booze but she can't afford it so she grows pot instead. At 15 years old she had another baby with the same father of her first child.
Police had received a tip that Crowhurst was growing pot in her home and raided the house last month. They seized several plants and processed pot as well as growing equipment. Three weeks later she was arrested again for pot possession.
She plead guilty to all the charges and was sentenced to 9 months of community service, told to enter a drug rehab course and paid a $70 fine.
She does think she is a great mom though.