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LCA welcomes current public debate on cannabis LCA LCA Press Release Tuesday 10 Oct 2000 This public debate has come about as a result of the ludicrous suggestion by Shadow Home Secretary Anne Widdecombe that people found in possession of cannabis should be fined 100 uk pounds. We feel that this is impracticle, ineffective and unjust. 8 members of the shadow cabinet and 17 other MPs have admitted smoking cannabis in the past and we welcome their honesty. We do, however, note the hypocritical view of many of them: they support a law that they themselves broke. If anyone of these MPs had been caught and prosectuted for smoking cannabis at the time they may not be in parliament as they are now due to having a criminal record. We feel that these MPs are only a few of the highly successful people in society who have 'got away' with cannabis smoking. Other people in society have not been so lucky and have been given a criminal record which has ruined their job prospects. The only connections between cannabis and crime are those that inevitably result from its prohibition. There is nothing intrinsic in cannabis smoking that increases the likelihood of consuming hard drugs. The only gateway that leads from cannabis to hard drugs is again created by prohibition, that is cannabis and hard drugs may be offered by the same suppliers. Notes for the Editor: The Legalise Cannabis Alliance has a publication: 'CANNABIS: LEGALISE AND UTILISE; A MANIFESTO AND INFORMATION DOCUMENT 2000' ISBN 0 9535693 1 4, published and distributed by the Legalise Cannabis Alliance 60 pages, spiral bound A4: £5.00 inclusive p. & p. Cheques / postal orders payable to "LCA"to Legalise Cannabis Alliance, PO Box 198, Norwich, NR2 2DH. The Legalise Cannabis Alliance (LCA) was registered as a UK political party in March 1999. The cannabis leaf, is one of the party emblems. The LCA contested 5 seats in the local elections in Norwich in 1999, receiving much support and many votes. In November 1999, Colin Paisley, ex-Labour Party mayor of Carlisle, contested the Kensington and Chelsea by-election, coming eighth out of the eighteen candidates with 141 votes. Howard Marks was the first legalise cannabis candidate in the general election in 1997, contesting four constituencies: Norwich North, Norwich South, Southampton and Neath. It was during the election hustings in Norwich that the now Home Office minister Charles Clarke confessed his use of cannabis. The nominating officer of the LCA is Alun Buffry 01603 442215 The Treasurer of the LCA is Hugh Robertson: 01603 632798 QUOTES for publication: The LCA does not run a membership. We prefer to seek endorsements to our principles, Aims and Proposals from across the political divide and feel that membership would exclude members of other political parties because of the rules of many such parties. Our endorsees include Doctors, Solicitors and many businessmen. "Cannabis culture has arrived in Britain, and is now an integral part of our society, which won't disappear, despite, or because of, legal sanctions." "The Government are continuing to ignore the cannabis issue, we hope to bring a measure of dispassionate, pragmatic realism to the cannabis debate." "In our opinion, the legalisation and re-utilisation of cannabis is amongst the greatest positive steps towards increasing the well-being of society and the environment that this or any other Government could take." Alun Buffry, Nominating Officer Legalise Cannabis Alliance; lca@lca-uk.org Phone 01603 442215
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