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3rd Annual Conference
Alun Buffry Conference Review
Saturday 06 Apr 2002 All, I think most who attended the event would agree it was an educational and enjoyable day, attended by many front-line activists from as far afield as Northern Scotland and Cornwall. Some excellent and to-the point speeches and superb debates. Many thanks to all the speakers: Chris Baldwin, Don Barnard, Mark Gibson, Linda Hendry, Phil Lockwood, James McCleavy, Steve Pank, John Peacock, Lyndon Pugh, Ingo Wagenknecht and everyone else who contributed in any way. Sad, though, that nobody from London came to represent the May Day march and festival. I am sorry that everyone else was not able to attend. Now you'll just have to wait until someone types in a fuller report and to next year to attend the only dedicated cannabis-legalisation conference in the UK! I think one of the main conclusions was that there remains even more need for a truly active alliance such as the LCA to continue pushing beyond the complacency of imminent reclassification to the only ultimate sensible solution - full legalisation of cannabis. It was also made abundantly clear that the LCA, like the other UK cannabis groups, cannot continue to function - in fact we are severely restricted by the lack of - funds. The LCA has posted a free copy of the manifesto to every Tory MP and more recently every Lib Dem MP (several months before their conference) and we believe that had a major effect. Few Labour MP's have yet to benefit from a free copy. It costs about £2.50 per MP. We need about £700 to send the last 300 or so. Can you help? That money and other money, we hope, will come from donors who value the LCA's work enough to send us the monetary equivalent (or more) of two and a half cigarettes or a quarter of a pint of beer per week on a regular basis. That's just 50 pence a week, just 2 pounds a month. This can be done using standard order forms available on request, postage stamps or cheques or postal orders. Beyond that we are asking serious campaigners to approach their friends to do the same, and / or organise collections, raffles or fund-raising events. My spirits were raised. Alun
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