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Penrith & the Border
Mark Gibson Election Communication
Wednesday 06 Jun 2001 My name is MARK GIBSON and I am your LEGALISE CANNABIS ALLIANCE candidate for Penrith and Border. I have resided in Cumbria all my life and I now live in Alston with my wife of ten years and teenage daughter who attends a local comprehensive school. My beliefs in the legalisation of cannabis are very serious and based upon my studies of both its many uses and the wrongness of the law. I know from watching the therapeutic effect on the symptoms of my wife's illness - multiple sclerosis - that a law that punishes those who benefit from cannabis is entirely unjust. I would not wish to advise anybody to break the law, but clearly I am not alone in feeling that sometimes it is essential. In any case it makes no sense to punish a cannabis-user who is hurting nobody. It is a waste of resources and unnecessarily creates alienation and criminal records. Some people do not realise how serious this issue is. It certainly is not a single issue. In fact, cannabis is a vital issue including legal rights, human rights, therapeutic rights, spiritual rights and environmental issues. The cannabis issue has many important effects on all aspects of life, I am prepared to talk to anyone who wishes to discuss the use of cannabis if they need more information. If our proposals are put into effect it will result in a decrease in the general crime rate. It will ease the drugs problem. It will increase police and court resources to fight serious crime. It will increase the Governments revenue through taxation on profits. It will increase public and social well- being, spirit, health and happiness. It will decrease pollution and reduce the cost of fuel, energy and power for our homes, businesses, factories etc and effectively reduce unemployment. Cannabis is used by all sections of society. Most of us know a cannabis user, even if we are not aware of it. Their use of cannabis is not harming anyone and I am forced to ask: Should the law punish people who are not harming anyone? If you agree that the answer is no, then please vote for me, your LEGALISE CANNABIS ALLIANCE candidate, and help send the message to the Government that a high proportion of voters support a rethink on cannabis legislation. When you have witnessed the injustices carried out in the name of the law and your family and friends are stigmatised and criminalized by an unjust system then I feel it is time to act. Mark Gibson, Harvest Home Apartment, Front Street, Alston, Cumbria.
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