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Bowthorpe Ward, Norwich City Council
Hugh Robertson Election Communication
Wednesday 03 May 2000 Dear voter, Until early this century cannabis had been used throughout the world to produce much of its supply of rope, canvas, paper, charts and clothes. It proved itself too as a powerful and safe medicine. The seed was a source of nourishment and its oil was used in lamps and for lubrication. Again, it was used for thousands of years as a sacrament, to induce relaxed, meditative or elevated states of consciousness and as a stress-reliever. Stress is one of the biggest problems in modern society causing ulcers, heart attacks, depression and other conditions. For Tony Blair and the Labour government to deny this medicine to people is bad enough. To refuse to even look at the issue is a morally reprehensible response from the Nanny State. Every day, up and down the country, hundreds of people are searched and homes and businesses raided by Drug Squads. People are stopped and searched on the streets, and at parties and other events. Police are wasting their time, and our money, on these 'crimes' instead of chasing real criminals who have committed crimes against other people. Those found in possession of cannabis are cautioned or taken through the courts. 100,000 people were arrested for cannabis 'offences' in 1998 - at what cost? For what? For a crime that cannot rationally be shown to be a crime, since the possession of cannabis endangers no one and victimises no one. Clearly the law is at fault and needs to be changed. The particular law we refer to is the UK Misuse of Drugs Act. It makes simple economic sense to do so, and it makes medical sense. The legalisation of cannabis is not just about the right of people to smoke a joint. It is about Human Rights, the environment, law and order, health, religion, education, agriculture, employment, foreign policy, trade and industry .... Register your protest at the major parties' refusal to even debate this issue by voting Legalise Cannabis Alliance. Yours sincerely, HUGH ROBERTSON
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