Sydney mum guilty of drug driving after cannabis cookies

GETTING baked got a Sydney mum into strife after a party with friends involving cannabis cookies resulted in a drug driving charge days later.

A Sydney mum has been caught drug driving after eating some, uh, baked goods.

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GETTING baked got a Sydney mum into strife after a party with friends involving cannabis cookies resulted in a drug driving charge days later.

Tempe woman Michelle Willis, 46, was charged with drug driving on July 5 at 1.05pm after a random breath test detected THC - or cannabis - in her system.

The mother of six told Sutherland Court Magistrate Jayeann Carney her friend had made baked goods with cannabis for a party a few nights earlier.

“I had more than a few,” Willis told the court.

“It’s not something I usually do.”

Willis pleaded guilty and received a conditional release order for 18 months without conviction.

In some places, hemp, which is derived from cannabis, can now be legally consumed as food. Edible hemp contains no THC, the intoxicating substance in cannabis.

Ms Carney acknowledged Willis had been struggling with anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder after she was allegedly assaulted by a mental health patient in her workplace.

“But it’s not a trivial offence,” Ms Carney said.

Willis said she did not want the incident to affect the rest of her life.

“I don’t need to have this in my life, I’ve raised my six children and this time is for me,” she said.

“I’m not going to do that again.”

According to Roads and Maritime, drug drivers can lose their licences and incur fines of up to $1100 for a first offence.

Second offences can incur fines of up to $3300 and automatic three-year licence disqualifications.