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Open Letter To EU political Group leaders
Don Barnard Open Letter
Friday 10 Dec 2004 > OPEN LETTER' FOR THE URGENT ATTENTION OF: > > Subscribers to LCA Public Relations mailing list. > > EU political Group leaders -- Hans-Gert Poettering PPE > (Christian-Democrats) Martin Schulz PSE (Social Democrats), Graham Watson, > ALDE (Liberals), Daniel Cohn Bendit, VERTS (Greens), Francis Wurtz, GUE > (United Left), Jens Peter Bonde, IND/DEM (Independence Democracy Group), > Brian Crowley; UEN (Union of the Nations Group) - > > Copy for information/Comment To: Legalise Cannabis Alliance Executive, > ENCOD, Caroline Flint MP (Home Office minister responsible for drug > misuse), Mr Howard (Conservative Leader), Christion Moon (Head of the > Policy Unit Liberal Democrat HQ), Brian Heatley (Green Party HQ), Shane > Collins (Green Party Drug Group) ......undisclose recipitants. > > > Letters follow: > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Legalise Cannabis Alliance > (Cyfathrach Cyfreithloni Cannabis) > PO Box 198, > Norfolk > NR3 3WB > http://www.lca-uk.org/ > > > > Dear MEP' [Group Leaders]. For expedience I address you all at the same > instant - My apologies if you think this rude of me. > > Reference: Approval of European Parliament Report on Drugs 15/12/04! > > I request that you forward the open message bellow to your [UK] Group > Members [See letter Note 1] > > I can only hope you consider it of sufficient import you will be > encouraged to forward (discuss) the issues raised with your group members > and Non Government Organisations [NGO's] throughout the EU! > > Please advise of any action taken > > We look forward to your comments, and to the result of your debate with > interest. > > Yours sincerely > > Don Barnard > Executive Member > (Press Officer) > Legalise Cannabis Alliance > (Cyfathrach Cyfreithloni Cannabis) > PO Box 198, > Norfolk > NR3 3WB > http://www.lca-uk.org/ > 07984 255015 > donbarnard@lca-uk.org > > NOTES > > 1] Open letter to [UK] Member' of the European Parliament > > Legalise Cannabis Alliance > (Cyfathrach Cyfreithloni Cannabis) > PO Box 198, > Norfolk > NR3 3WB > http://www.lca-uk.org/ > > > Dear [UK] Member of the European Parliament, > > For expedience I address you all at the same instant - My apologies if you > think this rude of me! > > Reference: VOTE ON APPROVAL OF THE EP REPORT ON DRUGS! (15 December > 2004). > > > I despair of Labour and the Conservatives at Westminster, both of whom > announced 'new' tough-on-drugs policies this month. I wouldn't mind so > much were these genuine attempts to deal with a serious issue. But > they're not, they're blatant attempts to win votes through fear. > > What Westminster politicians misjudge is the solutions they seek. To be > sure, many believe only draconian measures will do. Most, however, are > ready for a new approach - Are you! > > As you are all aware! On 15 December 2004, you will be asked to vote on > the Recommendation to the Council concerning the European strategy on > fighting drugs (2005-2012). This recommendation (report of Mr. Giusto > CATANIA MEP) was approved by the Committee of Civil Liberties, Justice and > Home Affairs on 2 December 2004. > > The final version of the report can be found > http://www.encod.org/ReportOnDrugStrategy.pdf > > The Legalise Cannabis Alliance [LCA] http://www.lca-uk.org/ (A Registered > UK Political Party), as a member of ENCOD the European platform of > organisations representing health practitioners, researchers, drug users, > human rights activists and drug policy experts. We wish to ask you > approve this report? > > A list of ENCOD Members can be seen here: http://www.encod.org/ > > The Drug Strategy of the European Union can thus far be characterized as > an incoherent set of measures that intend to fight a social and public > health issue out from a law enforcement perspective. The results of this > strategy have been extremely poor. The official evaluation made of the > former EU antidrug Action Plan (2000-2004) clearly demonstrates that in > none of the objectives established at the start of this strategy has there > been achieved any positive results. > > As citizens who are confronted with the cannabis issues on a daily base, > we strongly believe that the goals of drug policies need to be realistic. > As long as the overall objective of these policies is to obtain a > drug-free world, they will fail. These policies themselves have become a > major cause of harm to public health and safety, sound economy, national > sovereignty etc. > > Therefore, we believe the European Parliament should insist on the urgent > need for a coherent strategy concerning the drug issue. Co-ordinated > efforts at Community, national and regional level are necessary in order > improve the lives of millions of people who are affected by drug policies > in the European Union. Consultation of civil society organisations {NGO's] > and experts working on the ground level is crucial to the success of this > strategy. > > The recommendations in the Catania report are useful suggestions to start > implementing a coherent strategy on drugs, aimed at reducing harms and > increasing benefits. > > Therefore we wish to express our support to the report and ask you to > approve it in its current version. > > During the days of the Strasbourg session on 14 and 15 December, a small > delegation of ENCOD members will be present in the Parliament to give > additional information. In the mean time. Please do not hesitate to > contact ENCOD with any question or suggestion you may have. > > Joep Ommen > Tel. 00 32 (0)3 237 7436 > Fax. 00 32 (0)3 237 0225 > E-mail:encod@glo.be > > [IF] I have still got your attention you may wish to check out the links > to some weighty correspondence between the LCA and Caroline Flint MP (Home > Office minister responsible for drug misuse), and related matters - See > overview Extraneous notes [1] > > We look forward to the result of your debate on the 15/12/04 and to your > comments on the latter, with interest. > > Yours sincerely > > Don Barnard > Executive Member > (Press Officer) > Legalise Cannabis Alliance > 07984 255015 > donbarnard@lca-uk.org > > Notes: > > OVERVIEW - EXTRANEOUS NOTES > > Correspondence between the LCA and Caroline Flint MP > http://www.lca-uk.org/challengehomeoffice.php > > Letter to approx 50 UKMP's http://www.lca-uk.org/challengempletter.php > > UKMP's who replied http://www.lca-uk.org/challengempreplies.php > > We can only hope to find your name here! http://www.lca-uk.org/phPetition/ > > END > > Published and promoted by Don Barnard < pressoffice@lca-uk.org > on behalf > of Legalise Cannabis Alliance, PO Box 198, Norfolk, NR3 3WB < > http://www.lca-uk.org/ >. > >
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