The Daily Mail
A Canadian man has been jailed for life in Dubai for taking medical use CBD and cannabis on the plane with him.
Maurice Kevin O’Rourke, from Mississauga, Ontario, was prescribed CBD oil and cannabis – both of which are completely legal in Canada – to manage the chronic pain caused by the rare and life-threatening Addison’s disease.
But when the 64-year-old transited through Dubai on his way to South Africa on July 3, he was detained for carrying his medical use CBD oil and cannabis in his luggage and taken to Al Awir prison.
The carpenter has now been sentenced to life in prison in the United Arab Emirates city.
His wife Pamela O’Rourke said after the shocking ruling: ‘Our world fell apart. Our daughter Maegan and I are shattered. We’re in disbelief.
‘Kevin accepts that he shouldn’t have travelled while on medication but he doesn’t deserve to spend the rest of his life in prison. It was an innocent mistake.’
She added: ‘When he was arrested, local doctors had a hard time getting the medications, which impacted his immune system.
‘He contracted an MRSA infection, had two emergency surgeries, spent 40 days in hospital and has subsequently been fighting an infection.
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