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UK: Letter: Support for cannabis couple
M Firth, Kate Smith, Ingo Wagenknecht, Lee Elswood, Stan News and Star, Carlisle
Tuesday 19 Dec 2006 REGARDING the Gibsons’ conviction for conspiring to supply cannabis (News & Star, December 16): I don’t think they should have been convicted for their actions. They only wanted to help MS sufferers. I welcome the article you printed from the MS charity and their comments. The Gibsons should be commended for their work. Mrs M Firth Stonegarth Carlisle ---- I DON’T think the Gibsons should have been convicted of drug dealing because they are innocent and to suffer pain is awful. It is all right for people to talk but if they have never suffered from severe pain they don’t know what it is like. I think people should be able to take cannabis to relieve pain, and the supply of it to genuine people should be legal. Kate Smith Carlisle ---- THERE are many people up and down the country who are concerned that self medication will now become a criminal offence. Mark and Lesley Gibson have helped many people in pain and discomfort by sending out cannabis chocolate; it is a crime to drag them through the courts and waste taxpayers’ money. This is another indication that this Government and its courts are fully prepared to go soft on class A drugs, but that they come down hard on those who merely help themselves to alleviate pain, with no crime committed at all. The Royal Mail and police must have known and done nothing for a very long time; what suddenly changed their minds, and who told them to arrest and prosecute when the classification of cannabis has gone down to C, not up? Let these people go free and stop wasting money on politically motivated show trials that prove nothing. Ingo Wagenknecht Rockland St Mary Norfolk --- PERSONAL beliefs aside, as a population we are now well informed of how cannabis alleviates some of the crippling and painful conditions which multiple sclerosis sufferers endure. These are often followed by horrendous side effects that some prescribed corporate drugs will bring the sufferer. I do not, as many others, believe in a policy of cannabis for all, but surely for those who will gain direct medical benefit from using this natural plant, a more tolerant approach should be used when dealing with medical cannabis users. The three defendants have made no profit from the years of service and support they have provided to the MS community and I personally believe that convicting them is an injustice and insult to the MS sufferers who have benefited from their help. Corporate drugs are not helping many of these people and self-medication using cannabis, if it shows a marked improvement in their health, should be allowed under government licensing. Lezley Gibson, her husband Mark and Marcus Davies have committed no crime, yet under UK law they have risked their own freedom to supply a medical service that many NHS listed doctors wish they could provide themselves. Lee Elswood Yeovil Somerset ------ IT is outrageous that these people were arrested and hauled before the justice system for providing a very valuable service to many sick people. The case should have been thrown out and the charges dropped immediately. Stan Birkenhead Wirral http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/opinion/viewarticle.aspx?id=447187
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