PRO-CANNABIS CANDIDATES TO STAND IN SWANSEA, NEATH AND CARMARTHEN
Source: Daily Post, South Wales
Pub date: April 7, 2005
Subj: Pro-cannabis candidate to stand
Web: http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/
Cited: Legalise Cannabis Alliance http://www.lca-uk.org/
A Pro-cannabis candidate is to stand in Swansea West, it has emerged.
The constituency has been targeted by a campaigning group which wants to see
cannabis legalised. It is also planning to mount a campaign in Neath and
Carmarthen West.
Another candidate, Sid Whitworth, from Penygroes, is to fight the
Ceredigion constituency.
He is one of 21 candidates across the UK standing for the Legalise
Cannabis Alliance.
Divorced father-of-one Mr Whitworth, aged 47, of Maesglas, claimed the
police and judiciary "wasted millions'' of pounds fighting court cases
involving possession of cannabis when they could plough these resources into
what he considers more serious crimes.
Former journalist Mr Whitworth said: "I am standing because this is
something I feel strongly about.
"Any harm that cannabis has caused people is dwarfed to a huge
extent by other people who are under the influence of alcohol.
"Why tie up all this time and money with the police and the
judiciary system with cannabis when the police should be out catching real
criminals?"
Legalise Cannabis Alliance press officer and executive committee member
Don Barnard said: "I think when people realise what we have got to say,
they will realise how stupid the law is."