Claim: İbrahim Balaban was sentenced to six months in Bursa Prison and payment of a fine for growing cannabis (a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant used primarily for medical or recreational purposes) in 1937, and was subsequently increased to three years in prison because he was unable to pay the fine.
Evidence: In 1937 at the age of 16, Balaban was sentenced to six months in Bursa Prison and payment of a fine for growing cannabis, a crime he allegedly did not commit. Cannabis, also known as marijuana (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾiˈhwana) among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant used primarily for medical or recreational purposes. His sentence was increased to three years in prison because he was unable to pay the fine.