Roger Reeves pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited drug on Tuesday, less than a month after NSW District Court judge Paul Conlon overturned his previous conviction for a similar charge.

Reeves, who has long been open with police and the courts about his use of marijuana for pain relief, has previously voiced his support for the legalisation of the drug for medicinal purposes.

Speaking with the Mercury last month, he said he took to growing and using cannabis when nothing else would suffice.

“I’ve tried Oxycontin in the past and I was getting addicted to it,” he said of the widely prescribed pain medication, which carries the ominous nickname ‘hillbilly heroin”.

“Marijuana gives me a better release from the pain.”

Reeves’ court appearance on Tuesday, in which he was again convicted and sentenced to a 12-month good behaviour bond, was his third for cannabis possession in the past year.

On this occasion, police found 189 grams of cannabis leaf in a large plastic bag in the kitchen cupboard.

They estimated it’s value on the street would be about $1500, however Reeves said it was all for his personal use, prompting the presiding magistrate to suggest he must be smoking “truck loads of it”.

“Do you not take notice of the law, Sir; this is still illegal in NSW,” Magistrate Michael Stoddart.

However, the drug’s prohibited status could soon change, with the Federal Government announcing it wanted to legalise cannabis cultivation for medicinal and scientific purposes. 

NSW and Victoria have flagged trials for child sufferers of epilepsy.

Reeves said legalisation of the drug for pain sufferers could not come soon enough.

"They're talking about doing it next year - but it's too long to wait when you've got people overdosing on Oxycontin," he said.

"There's no reason why it shouldn't be legal for people in pain.”