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Cannabis the solution to tax problems!
Don Barnard Press Release
Sunday 10 Apr 2005 "Cannabis is much more than just a drug, it's a solution!" Says The Legalise cannabis Alliance. The Labour and Tory parties are once again arguing over sums of money that are inconceivable to most of us: billions of pounds a year. They both wish to be able to pledge lower taxes and they both wish to pledge better services, but neither party is able to do both because of their lack of foresight. The Legalise Cannabis Alliance has the partial answer, according to Alun Buffry, the National Coordinator of the party that will be contesting about two dozen seats in the forthcoming elections. "Each year, whether Labour or Conservative, they spend more and more BILLIONS of pounds of taxpayers money chasing and prosecuting people for growing or possessing the cannabis plant. "Most of that money achieves little or nothing; it seldom persuades users to stop, alienates the youth and leaves them vulnerable to bad quality, bad drugs and bad information, ruins careers and lives and can even lead to prison. Yet the Government tell us that some 5 million people use cannabis - over 10% of the adult population. "What good does it do threatening to criminalise all those people at such a huge cost, when by and large they do no harm? "That money could be better spent on health and education. "But cannabis offers even more to people: as well as being a potentially beneficial home-grown medicine to many people, the waste could be used to produce locally-produced, cheaper and environmentally friendly fuels for our cars and homes, saving us all a tidy sum of money and the some of the environmental costs now apparent. "But there's still more: by allowing the opening of private cannabis clubs or Dutch-style "Coffeeshops", where profits can be taxed, extra revenue could be gained by the Government instead staying outside the system. And if that revenue went on a local level, it would go some way to cancelling the Council Tax for the elderly. "Cannabis is much more than just a drug: it's a solution!" Your contact for Alun: 01603 442215 AlunBuffry@lca-uk. org Your local contact for Legalise Cannabis Alliance Candidate http://www.lca-uk.org/parliamentrycan.php End Printed and posted by the Legalise Cannabis Alliance Press Office
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