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UK: Cannabis Community Pledges a Collective Vote
Canna Zine Sunday 08 Jun 2008 By signing this pledge I am promising to make legalising/decriminalising cannabis a non-negotiable issue in determining my vote. You can add your name here http://www.pledgebank.com/cannabis-votes On the 7th of May 2008, the UK Labour Government announced that they intend to reclassify cannabis upwards from a class C drug to a class B drug, despite their own independent panel of experts (The ACMD - Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs) advising them three times against such a move. The move for re-classification against expert advice has brought the whole A-B-C drugs classification system into disrepute and the Government can no longer even pretend a drug’s classification reflects it’s risk of harm, nor can they pretend that the prohibition of cannabis is based on any genuine concern for public health. Unprincipled careerists are using the cannabis issue as a political football, whilst organised crime profits from a huge untaxed and unregulated illicit market and thousands of otherwise law-abiding citizens are criminalised for a victimless 'crime'. Since The UK's drug polices aren't based on fact or any concern for public health, no amount of evidence that we present showing the current laws to be unworkable, counter-productive, unjust and damaging, will ever persuade our Government to change them. The Government has decided to reclassify cannabis simply because they thought there were more votes to be gained in marginal constituencies. We can prove them wrong by refusing to vote for them. If enough people who support cannabis legalisation pledge to make the issue a non-negotiable red line and refuse to vote for prohibitionist candidates, maybe the Government and other political parties will change their minds. Please help us achieve our aim by pledging to use your vote but only for candidates that support legalisation. There are supporters of legalisation in all parties and we don't back any particular party over another, but be aware that only a few candidates will ever go against their own party’s policies. Most politicians will usually toe their party line. The views of some MP’s can be found here: http://www.ccguide.org.uk/yourmp.php If your MP is not included, you can ask his views here: http://www.upmystreet.com/commons/l/ where you can also write to your MP mentioning your pledge at http://www.pledgebank.com/cannabis-votes Legalise Cannabis Alliance (LCA) PO Box 2883, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 9EE England http://www.lca-uk.org/ lca@lca-uk.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The Canna Zine wholeheartedly supports the efforts of the Legalise Cannabis Campaign and is please to be associated with their work. Click a link above to find out how you can join the LCA in their fight for a fair and balanced cannabis debate. http://cannazine.co.uk/
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