Source: Braintree
and Witham Times, UK
Pub LTE:
Cannabis Issue understood
Pub Date:
Thursday 10 October 2003
Author: Graham
Buckland
Contact:
bwtnews@nqe.com
Web site:
www.thisissessex.co.uk
Ref: http://www.ccguide.org/bt021003.php
Cannabis issue
understood
I must take issue
with Alun Buffry of the Legalise Cannabis Alliance in his assertion that
council "do not know the issues involved" in the argument over
cannabis (Times Post, October 2)
As someone who was
for many years heavily involved, through my employment in the NHS, in the area
of drugs and drug addiction I fully understand the differing view points on
this issue.
As an executive
member of Braintree Council I am very willing to give up my time to discuss the
issue.
What I am not
prepared to do is to commit any resources of the council to the issue.
Why? Because I do
not believe the hard-pressed council taxpayer of Braintree want their money
spent on taking up the cause of a very small pressure group.
Graham Buckland
Braintree Council