A female Harvard professor admitted importing cannabis to Bermuda, but told a court it was for medical use.Mey Akashah, 36, who specialises in Environmental Health, was caught with six grams of the drug concealed in her groin area.Prosecutor Maria Sofianos told Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner that Akashah arrived on a Delta flight from Boston on Friday April 27 for a weekend vacation.The drugs were found after a Customs sniffer dog alerted officials that she was carrying them.Akashah appeared to be emotional as she pleaded guilty this morning and said the drugs had been prescribed for medical reasons.Smartly dressed in a black coat and patent shoes, she explained that cannabis is legal when prescribed for medical use in Massachussetts where she lives.She admitted she hid the drugs on her way into Bermuda and knew they were illegal here.She told Mr Warner she had been trying to reach her doctor in the US over the weekend. However, she had been unable to do so and could not present any proof to the court that the cannabis has been prescribed for extreme post operative pain and nausea as she claimed.Mr Warner said that as an educated woman, he found it "strange" that she had been unable to provide any documentation to this effect.Explaining that her areas of expertise include climate change and the adaptation of coral reefs, Akashah also told the court: "I responded illogically due to the amount of pain I was in. I would not normally bring any kind of plantlife into an island."She admitted:"It's both ecologically and socially irresponsible."Mr Warner noted that due to her position, being convicted of a criminal offence could have "an overwhelming effect" on her.Akashah, of Beacon Street, Boston, agreed.After considering the matter at length, Mr Warner opted to mete out a conditional discharge, which means no criminal conviction will be recorded against her name. He did not impose a fine.