A police raid on a house in Hawick recovered cannabis valued at £665, Jedburgh Sheriff Court has been told.
Twenty three year old Jori Silver's Princes Street home was targeted as part of Operation Gatekeeper with five other properties raided in Hawick on the morning of March 18.
He pleaded guilty to possession of 85 grammes of the class B drug.
Silver was told by Sheriff Peter Paterson that he was "lucky" the Crown accepted a not guilty plea on a charge of being concerned in the supply of cannabis given the amount of drugs recovered.
Lawyer Ross Dow said Silver had weight problems and he used cannabis to help with his appetite and he also suffered severe arthritis.
Sheriff Paterson told him: "You may think it is acceptable to smoke cannabis for therapy purposes but society does not.
"Other medication which can be prescribed by a doctor is preferable."
Silver was fined £200.
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