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Costs the Public Severely (CPS) demands Mediweed champion is locked up.
Don Barnard Press Release
Sunday 30 Jun 2002 Last week Manchester's Senior Magistrate, ruled that Colin Davis - Mediweed champion and pioneer of UK coffeeshops - had been unlawfully arrested and detained by Stockport Police. However, while Colin was getting ready to be released from custody, Wendy Logan of the "Stockport Cannabis Prohibition Service" (CPS) had other ideas: Despite, TWICE in one week being denied a remand in custody by the Stockport Magistrates. She was determined - in the publics interest - to see Stockport's Public Enemy No.1 locked up Wendy and her heartless bosses mercilessly challenged the magistrate ruling to release Colin and the Magistrate was "forced" to remand Colin again on a point of law. Don Barnard, Legalise Cannabis Alliance, said: "The LCA fails to see how it is "Best Practice" to waste 1 million [plus] of tax payers money [See 1] - Money, that would be better spent prosecuting criminals, educating our children and harm reduction strategies thus improving everyone's quality of life. "The Prime Minister' stated in parliament on July 3rd ..[See 2] "he sincerely hoped that cases such as these would be dealt with in a sympathetic manner and that full consideration of the circumstances should take place before any action was taken "it is at the discretion of the Chief Constable how he priorities crimes (spend resources). And the local Councillors and other statutory bodies are accountable to the public how these resources are spent. It's time The Chief Constable and Stockport's [Colin Persecution Service] were called to account - Just, What is the motive behind this heartless expensive fiasco? Colin's case will now probably be heard by a Judge in Chambers on Tuesday morning, July 9th. NOTE * THIS IS THE DAY PRIOR TO THE ANTICIPATED ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE HOME SECRETARY TO RECLASSIFY CANNABIS TO SAVE POLICE TIME AND RESOURCES? I hope you can give this an airing. More info: Colin Davis' support group. 0031651852545 www.dutchexperience.org Access up to date news via: LATEST NEWS page at www.WHSpliff.net Kind regards Don Barnard LCA Press Office 01376 324783 07984 255015 NOTES: 1] Taxpayer To Foot million Bill For 1 worth of Cannabis URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02.n1205.a05.html Pubdate: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 Source: Independent on Sunday (UK) Copyright: Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/208 Author: Robert Mendick, Andrew Johnson When cannabis campaigners set out to get themselves arrested they wanted to highlight what they consider to be the ludicrous and draconian nature of Britain's drugs laws. They did the job admirably. The prosecution of 29 cannabis campaigners, who were caught in possession of as little as 31 worth of the drug, is likely to cost a staggering 1m. The final bill may be even higher. Among those charged are two Euro MPs. The remarkable campaign follows a series of raids on Britain's first Amsterdam-style cannabis caf, which opened last year in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The caf, the Dutch Experience, remains open for business but the arrest of its founder, Colin Davies, prompted a series of mass protests outside Stockport magistrates court and the town's police station. [continues: 97 lines] ------------------------------ 2: On 3rd July The Prime Minister was asked in questions to comment on the prosecution in Scotland of a medicinal user Biz Ivol [See 3] who grew her own cannabis to alleviate MS symptoms. And supplied cannabis chocolate [FREE] to fellow sufferers. NOTE: Like Colins Coffeeshop cannabis chocolate supply still goes on [See 4] The PM stated that he understood that individuals may take that route but that he must wait until the results of the research going on into the subject. In the meantime he made it clear that any prosecutions would not be a matter for the government but for the authorities. He paused and added that he sincerely hoped that cases such as these would be dealt with in a sympathetic manner and that full consideration of the circumstances should take place before any action was taken. 3: Scotland on Sunday article: MS victim faces jail over cannabis MURDO MacLEOD POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT http://www.scotlandonsunday.com/index.cfm?id=733212002 4: THC4MS aims to supply medicinal cannabis chocolate to bone-fide MS sufferers in emergency situations only i.e:- As a first point of contact or their normal supply is exhausted. http://www.parklandtrading.com/users/thc4msorg/ POSTED JULY 8 2002
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