Debbie Calitz admits drug use - report
2012-12-15 13:15
Johannesburg - Somali pirate kidnap survivor Debbie Calitz
admitted to using dagga, according to a report on Saturday.
"I believe cannabis is medicinal. I have made tea out
of it for my asthma," she told the Saturday Star.
Calitz and eight other people appeared on drug-related
charges in the Hatfield District Court in Pretoria on Monday.
The matter was postponed to 30 January for further
investigation.
Calitz and her former long-term partner Bruno Pelizzari were
released from captivity in Somalia almost six months ago, after being held for
nearly two years.
She recently released a book regarding her kidnap, titled Debbie
Calitz: 20 Months in Hostage Hell.
"It is a natural plant and I don't think it should be
illegal," Calitz said during her interview with the newspaper.
She would not comment on the court case, but defended the
use of dagga after the publication in YOU magazine of a story headlined "Debbie's
days of drugs and booze".
"Instead of putting e-tolls on our freeways, legalise
cannabis and tax it," she told the Saturday Star.
- SAPA
