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UK: ELECTION: Sheffield South East candidates spell out their priorities

Sheffield Telegraph

Thursday 23 Apr 2015

Sheffield South East has eight hopefuls standing in the general election this year - including the city’s only Cannabis is Safer Than Alcohol candidate.

Here seven candidates explain what their priorities are to voters and why they are standing.

Liberal Democrat candidate Gail Smith has not submitted statements.

The statements are in alphabetical order.

Jen Battersby - Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol candidate

“This is my first real involvement in politics. Until CISTA was formed I always felt excluded and ignored by the political parties.

But there is a major issue that really matters to people here, an issue that none of the other candidates are brave enough to talk about; the desperate need for reform of the UK’s drug laws.

This is why I am standing in Sheffield South East.

I am a mother of one and a lifelong resident of Sheffield. I have seen how the medicinal use of cannabis can transform lives. Both my parents used it for pain relief, especially my mum who has suffered from severe fibromyalgia for many years. Why should she be classed as a criminal when all she wants is to ease her severe pain?

Right now in Sheffield, people are being criminalised for using a medicinal plant. But legalised, regulated cannabis would save £361m a year – the cost of policing our failed war on drugs.

We could also raise £900m a year in tax from a regulated market. The US state of Colorado legalised cannabis last year and has already raised $50m in taxes.

In the UK we could spend millions on improving our public health, diverting police resources to tackle more serious offences and supporting other desperately under-funded public services.

This is why I am fighting for a Royal Commission and review of UK drugs policy on May 7. Let’s send a clear message to Westminster that it is time for change.”

http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/election-sheffield-south-east-candidates-spell-out-their-priorities-1-7223465

 

 

 

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