A SELECTION OF

Published Cannabis Letters and Articles

2001

(written by or referring to some of the UK's prominent cannabis campaigners)

LTE = published letter; ART = article; # = published in more than one paper

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2001

27 December

Festive Chores No Drag With Pot Ingredient 

ART 

SamD 

Western Gazette 

27 December

Figgy Pudding With A Little Weed

ART

SamD

Western Gazette

30 November

MP Blasted For Fight Against Hash Cafes 

ART

SamD 

Western Gazette 

26 November

Cannabis Smokers Arrested

ART

ChrisB

The Argus

29 November 

Cannabis Defendants Opt For Jury Trial 

ART 

Various 

Stockport Express 

25 November

10 Charged After Police Station Cannabis Protest

ART 

Various 

Ananova 

21 November 

More Amsterdam-Style Cannabis Cafes On The Menu 

ART 

MarkG 

Ananova 

21 November 

View On Drug Misleading 

LTE 

CarlW 

Hull Daily Mail, UK 

17 November

 UK Cannabis Cafe On The Cards

ART 

ChrisB 

Worthing Herald, UK 

7 November 

Cannabis Ban Neither Realistic Nor Sensible 

LTE 

CarlW 

Hull Daily Mail, UK 

4 November 

Bitter Sweet End For Cannabis Candies 

ART 

 BizI

Scotland On Sunday 

2 November

A Stall To Roll Up For

ART

CarlW

Hull Daily Mail, UK

2 November 

Town Split Over Couple's Plan For Cannabis Cafe 

ART 

MarkG 

Cumberland News, UK 

1 November

Four Months On, And It's All Gone To Pot For Chris

ART

ChrisB

Worthing Herald, UK

1 November

Cannabis Candidate For By-Election

ART

JohnR

East Anglian Daily Times

1 November

Will Country Go To Pot With The Weed Freed?

ART

SamD

Western Gazette, UK

1 November 

One For The Pot: Cannabis Cafe Bid Launched

ART 

MikeC 

Taunton Times, UK 

30 October

Victimless Crime

LTE

AlunB

The Scotsman

27 October

Labour Turns A News Leaf On Cannabis 

ART 

AlunB 

The Guardian, The Editor 

25 October

Legalising Cannabis

LTE

AlunB

The Daily Telegraph

25 October

Is Country Going To Pot?

ART

AlunB & DerekW

Evening News, Norwich

25 October

Still Illegal But It Could All Change

ART

TinaS

EDP, Norwich

24 October

UK Drug Laws - Making A Hash Of It

ART

LCA

The Scotsman

24 October

Charity Applauds Cannabis Rethink

ART

LezleyG & MarkG

News & Star, Carlisle

24 October

Mind If I Smoke?

ART

AlanBM

News & Star, Carlisle

24 October

MP's Fury At Cannabis Moves

ART

MarcusD

Peterborough Evening Telegraph

October

Legalise Cannabis debate

ART

AlunB

West2, UK

October

You The Jury. Should Cannabis Be Legalised? 

ART 

AlunB

Candis Magazine, UK 

20 September 

Cannabis Cafe For City? 

ART 

PatmanD 

Milton Keynes Sunday Citizen 

6 September

Labour Refuses To Budge On Cannabis Reform

LTE

AlunB

Daily Express, UK

3 September 

Police Consider Enforcing Law At Cannabis Party 

ART 

DonB 

Ananova (web) 

2 September

Jumping To Legalise Pot

ART

PatmanD

Milton Keynes Sunday Citizen

2 September

No Hard Drugs Pleas For Party

ART

DerekW

Essex Chronicle

31 August

Cannabis Party In The Park

ART

DonB

Essex Chronicle, UK

31 August 

Park Protest Planned Over Cannabis Laws 

ART 

DonB 

Colchester Evening Gazette 

29 August 

Cottage Industry

ART

BizI 

The Scotsman 

17 August 

MS Cannabis Campaigner Raided 

ART 

BizI 

BBC On-Line 

16 August 

Wheelchair-bound Biz vows to fight on 

ART 

BizI

The Orcadian, Scotland 

12 August 

Police Ignore Cannabis Dealers In Attempt To Crack Down On Hard Drugs 

ART 

LindaH 

Scotland on Sunday 

10 August

Storm Brews Over Firms' Proposed New Drug Policy - Testing Plans Breach Human Rights

ART

DonB

Colchester Evening Gazette, UK

9 August

Drug Police Raid Home Of Cannabis Sweets MS Woman

ART

BizI

The Scotsman

26 July 

Drug Ban Is Not The Way 

LTE 

CarlW 

Hull Daily Mail, UK 

23 July

High Hopes For Cannabis Legalisation

ART

LindaH

Edinburgh Evening News

23 July 

MS Sufferer Sells Cannabis Chocs 

ART 

BizI 

The Times 

22 July

Orkney Goes Fruit And Nut For Grass

Art

BizI

Scotland on Sunday

22 July

Amnesty 

LTE 

LezleyG 

Sunday Times 

17 July 

Cannabis Campaigner Appears In Court 

ART 

AlanB 

Evening News & Star, Carlisle 

15 July 

Potty Over Choc Recipes 

ART 

BizI 

Sunday Mail 

13 July

Sister Pleads For Caution Over Cannabis

ART

DonB

Essex Chronicle

15 July 

To The Point 

LTE 

HughR 

Scotland on Sunday 

13 July 

Save Our Children - Legalise Cannabis 

LTE 

PeteH 

East Anglian Daily Times 

11 July 

A Criminal - For Turning To Cannabis When Medicine Failed To Help Epilepsy 

ART 

MarcusD 

Peterborough Evening Telegraph

11 July 

Points of View: Cannabis

LTE 

HughR 

The Scotsman 

10 July

Musician's Charge Highlights Drugs Row

ART

AlunB

East Anglian Daily Time

9 July 

Drug Laws Don't Work 

LTE 

HughR 

The Guardian 

6 July

Cannabis 

LTE

MarkG 

The Cumberland News 

5 July

In One Part Of London, Police Turn Blind Eye To Marijuana To Target Harder Crime

ART

ChrisB

Associated Press

3 July 

50-Mile Round Trip For Safe Spliff 

ART 

ChrisB 

The Times

15 June

Pupils Vote For Cannabis - And Turnout is 90pc

ART

Cumbria

The Cumberland News

3 July 

Smoker Marks Start Of Drug Trial With Spliff 

ART 

ChrisB

This Is London 

8 June

Legalise Cannabis Grandmother Says She Failed

ART

LeslieVG

Ananova

8 June

Thanks For A Second Time

ART

PhilL

Huddersfield Daily Examiner

1 June 

Putting Cannabis Debate Centre Stage 

ART 

PhilL 

Halifax Courier 

1 June

People's Chance To Quiz Candidates

ART

AlunB

Evening News, Norwich

1 June

Parents Complain Over Party Leaflets

ART

AlunB 

Evening News, Norwich

31 May 

Will The Real Cannabis Plant Please Step Forward 

ART 

AlunB 

Evening News, Norwich 

26 May 

Devastating Effect Of Cannabis Ban

ART

MarkG 

Cumberland & Westmorland Herald 

24 May

Fighting On The Fringe

ART

Cumbria

News & Star, Carlisle

? May

In The Limelight

ART

LindaH

The Scotsman

22 May 

Candidates Used Cannabis 

ART 

PhilL 

Halifax Courier 

24 May 

Election Bid Nearly Goes To Pot

ART

ChrisB

Shoreham Herald

24 May

Would-be MP Escapes Jail In Cannabis Case

ART

ChrisB

Worthing Herald

23 May 

Election Candidate Escapes Prison

ART

ChrsB

Worthing & West Sussex Argus

22 May 

Good Day

ART

ChrisB

Guardian Supplement

21 May

Standing Up For Natural Beneficial Herb

ART

ChrisPh

East Anglian Daily Times

19 May 

It's Time To End The War On Marijuana 

LTE 

AlunB 

Maple Ridge News, Canada 

18 May 

Meet The Candidates: Alun Buffry 

ART 

AlunB 

Evening News, Norwich 

18 May 

Don't Be A Dope, Vote For A Smoke 

ART

LCA/AB 

Reuters 

17 May

Battle Is For Second Place

ART

AlunB

EDP, Norwich

17 May

Candidate Profiles: Alun Buffry

ART

AlunB

EDP, Norwich

17 May 

Setting Out Their Stalls In A Political Marketplace 

ART

LCA/AB 

Evening News, Norwich 

14 May

Grandmother To Stand On Legalise-Cannabis Ticket

ART

LVG

The Herald

14 May 

It's The Cannabis Battle Bus 

ART

MarkG 

News & Star, Carlisle 

13 May

Medical Cannabis To Be Legalised Within Two Years

ART

LVG

Sunday Telegraph

11 May

Cannabis Campaigner Stands

ART

PhilL

Brighouse Echo

10 May

Policy Needed on Hemp AS Building Material

LTE

DonB

Braintree & Witham Times

8 May 

Meet The Candidate: Mark Gibson 

ART

MarkG 

News & Star, Carlisle 

2 May 

They Need The War On Drugs 

LTE 

DonB 

Essex Courier 

30 April

Drug Should Be Prescribed

LTE

CarlW

Hull Daily Mail

26 April

Harmful Drug Or A Herbal Medicine For Pain Relief 

LTE 

DonB 

Braintree & Witham Times 

23 April 

Health Fears Grow Over Hunger Strike

ART

ColinP 

News & Star, Carlisle 

21 April

I'll Starve To Death To Make Drug Legal

ART

ColinP

News & Star, Carlisle

20 April

Questions About Cannabis

LTE

DonB

Colchester Evening Gazette

19 April

Debate Will Clear The Haze About Cannabis

LTE

DonB

Braintree & Witham Times

19 April 

Food For Thought 

LTE 

SamD 

Western Gazette 

17 April 

Illegal Plant Medicine Question 

LTE 

AlunB 

Evening News, Norwich 

6 April 

Buster To Stand On Cannabis Ticket 

ART

BusterN

Essex Chronicle

5 April 

Legalise Cannabis Policy Features in Election Fray 

ART

BusterN 

Braintree & Witham Times 

4 April

Candidate Stands To Back Cannabis

ART

BusterN

Essex Evening Gazette

4 April 

Standing For Legalisation 

LTE

BusterN 

Essex Chronicle 

30 March

Legalising Cannabis Is Difficult 

LTE 

DonB 

Essex Evening Gazette 

29 March

Abuse And Misuse 

LTE

DonB 

Oldham Evening Chronicle

24 March

Time We Came Clean About Drugs

LTE

DerekW

Evening News, Norwich

24 March 

LCA Will Contest Elections

LTE 

AlunB 

Evening News, Norwich 

24 March

Cannabis Grower May Go Abroad

ART

PhilL

This Is Bradford

23 March 

Urine Screening Tests Unsafe 

LTE 

DonB

Essex Evening Chronicle 

19 March

Legalise Cannabis Alliance Conference, Norwich

ART

LCA 

EDP and Evening News, Norwich

8 March

Biz Gets Cannabis Packages Through The Post

ART

BizIvol

The Orcadian

7 March

Stop US From Being Stubbed Out In Poll

ART

MarkG

News & Star, Carlisle

4 March 

Popstar Girl Is Carpeted Over Cannabis Call 

LTE

PeteW 

Mail on Sunday 

1 March 

Cannabis Laws Stupid And Unworkable 

LTE 

DonB 

Braintree & Witham Times 

1 March 

Debate To Help Us With Cannabis Controversy

LTE 

DonB 

East Anglian Daily Times 

1 March 

Cannabis Injustice #

LTE 

AlunB 

Halifax Evening Courier 

28 February 

Cannabis And Laws

LTE

DonB 

Colchester Evening Gazette 

26 February

Get The Dealers Policy Unsound

LTE

CarlW

Hull Daily Mail

23 February

Law Up In Smoke?

ART

LCA

The Scotsman

22 February

Weeding Out A Real Debate

LTE

Alun

Big Issue, Scotland

21 February

Cannabis Speakers Are Not Members 

LTE 

AlunB 

Evening News, Norwich 

17 February

Who To Call?

LTE

AlunB

The Guardian

17 February

Why Didn't The Police Charge This Pot-smoker?

ART

MarkG

News & Star, Carlisle

17 February

Illegal Plants  #

LTE 

AlunB 

Evening News, Norwich 

17 February

Cannabis Party Plan 

ART

LCA

Eastern Daily Press

16 February

Ex-Smuggler Due At Conference

ART

LCA

Evening News, Norwich

31 January  

On A High 

ART

LCA 

Concrete, UEA, Norwich 

11 February

Jail Us Or Leave Us Alone, Say Cannabis Users

ART

MarkG

The Guardian

10 February 

Arresting The Sick

LTE

CarlW

Hull Daily Mail 

23 January

Drug Tsar Policy 

LTE 

PW 

Oldham Evening Chronicle

18 January

Emma Takes Pot Luck In Election

ART

EmmaO

Widnes Weekly News

15 January 

How Much Longer Must We Suffer This Stalling?  

LTE 

PW 

Daily Express 

12 January

Amnesty On Cannabis Now A Must For MS Patients 

LTE 

LezleyG 

Daily Express 

8 January

No Drug Success

LTE

PW

Oldham Evening Chronicle

5 January

Cumbria At Centre Of Cannabis Battle

ART

LCA

Cumberland News

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