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Press Release: GRANDMA FACES EVICTION FOR USING MEDICAL CANNABIS
Legalise Cannabis Alliance Legalise Cannabis Alliance
Tuesday 03 Jul 2007 Legalise Cannabis Alliance (LCA) campaigners are up-in-arms about the forthcoming Civil court case in Newcastle where "Cannabis Gran" Mrs Patricia Tabram faces possible eviction for using cannabis. The Legalise Cannabis Alliance have contacted Bill Tebay, managing director of Milecastle Housing but received no reply. Alun Buffry from Norwich, a spokesman for the LCA said: "I wrote to Mr Tebay on behalf of the Alliance, but he has not replied. however, other people have received replies and it is clear that Milecastle Housing believe the must stick precisely to the letter of the law, with no room for compassion. "True enough, the Misuse of Drugs Act puts the onus on landlords to ensure illegal drugs are not used on their premises, and Mrs Tabram, rightly or wrongly, has been convicted under that Act. "However, I don't feel for one minute that many people would think that the Misuse of Drugs Act was ever supposed to be used against pensioners who use grow a plant, even cannabis, for their own medical benefit, especially in such tiny quantities - and certainly not to be used to evict them. "In fact, the police are highly unlikely to pay anyone a visit for using 50 pence worth of plant a day. She deserves the protection of the law, not persecution by it. "The question is this: is there room in the Court for compassion, or at they going to give Mrs Tabram Hobson's choice - get ill or get out?" Note: This not just about Pat the Misuse of Drugs Act puts the onus on all landlords to ensure illegal drugs are not used on their premises! Legalise Cannabis Alliance PO BOX 2883 STOKE ON TRENT S74 9EE http://www.lca-uk.org publicrelation@lca-uk.org 07984 255015 Notes for Editors. Mrs Tabram, 68, of Humshaugh, Northumberland, has been convicted twice for cultivation of cannabis in her home where she is a tenant of Milecastle Housing Association is to appear at court on July 6 2007. She claims to use just 0.1 grams a day about 50 pence worth on the illegal market - but she doesn't smoke it. Instead she adds it to her food as she finds benefit and relief from her ailments. Pat Tabram news page: http://www.ccguide.org.uk/pattabram.php The Legalise Cannabis Alliance http://www.lca-uk.orgis a UK-based organisation for the legalisation of cannabis affiliated to the European Coalition For Just and Effective Drug Policies (ENCOD) a Euro region network of 140 NGO’s, individual experts and procured citizens involved in the drug issue. ENCOD is also the European section of an International Coalition, which consists of more than 200 NGOs from around the world that have adhered to a Manifesto for Just and Effective Drug Policy (established in 1998). Contact details for ENCOD and the International Coalition: Joep Oomen Lange Lozanastraat 14 – 2018 Antwerpen Belgium Tel. + 32 (0)3 293 0886 Mob. + 32 (0)495 122644 E-mail: joep@encod.org www.encod.org
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