SOURCE: BARBADOS TODAY- Uriah Wilbur Smith told the District ‘A’ Traffic Court that he was using cocaine as part of research on drug addiction.
“I am a lab rat,” the 31-year-old declared after pleading guilty to possession of apparatus intended for cocaine use and the theft of a bottle of rum from Massy Stores on September 1.
Prosecutor Station Sergeant St Clair Phillips told the court that a security guard in the Warrens branch of the supermarket saw him take a bottle of rum from the shelf and head into the bathroom.
When he emerged, the bottle was no longer visible. He was approached by security and, after questioning, pulled the bottle from the groin area of his pants.
Police were called and, during a search, discovered drug paraphernalia in his possession.
In court, Smith gave an unusual explanation for his behaviour.”
Until you actually know what an addict goes through, how can you help? A lot of therapists do not know what their clients are going through, so I am writing my research paper on this, and in two days, I start my withdrawal and am on to recovery.”
He attributed the theft of the rum to “a glitch in my cerebral cortex.”
Admitting that this was not his first experience with drugs, he further told the court: “I was smoking from 11 after I went to a house party in Sandy Lane. I tried to resist, but there were so much drugs there.
I first had ecstasy/Molly at Club Extreme when I was 14. I had weed for the first time at eight when I was at church.
“Smith’s father, who was present in court, pleaded for his son to be given help, revealing that he had attended Combermere School and earned seven distinctions before cocaine “ruined his life”, and led to him threatening his relatives.
Smith, who has no fixed place of abode, admitted that he had left both his parents’ homes, stating, “Drugs never hurt me like these people. Never once.”
He told the court that he was actively working on returning to university to complete his bachelor’s degree.
Magistrate Alison Burke noted that Smith had no previous convictions and chose to reprimand and discharge him on both offences. However, she ordered him to return to court on October 3.
“I want to see how you are functioning,”she told him.
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I tell you that drugs can really compromise the cerebral cortex of the brain. Good people are seen as worthless, sadly. He’s crying ouy for help.
Addiction is a disease and not a crime. Can we do something in accordance to this statement to help these people, please?
Can we have people like him sent to get mental help, education, and other things to district the mind, reconditioning these folks to be productive citizens?
Can we understand that part of the brain that controls addiction?
I can attest that from 2005 to 2010 Club Extreme was a very popular nightclub. Alcohol, drugs, hos and many vices were found at the club. I was in my early 40s at the time and the club was very hard to get in as the lines were long and you required ID. I am surprised a 14 year old was able to enter and partake. I did lose my way for a few months from the overpowering effects of strippers and cocaine nd I was a grown adult. I could only imagine what this would do to a child.
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