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New Zealand: Pot Plant For PM
Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)
Tuesday 17 Oct 2000 Website: http://www2.odt.co.nz Author: Mark Hotton and NZPA POT PLANT FOR PM Paul McMullan is a little sad his pot plant gift will not grace the Prime Minister's desk. The cannabis activist said he attempted to give a cannabis seedling to two officials escorting Helen Clark to the Southern Journeys premiere at the Dunedin Town Hall on Sunday night. After she entered the venue, the Dunedin Cannabis Coalition co-ordinator approached her vehicle and presented the gift to two officials. "I said 'please give this to the Prime Minister'. They recognised the cannabis seedling and smiled and one replied 'I don't think so'. It was left at their feet." The seedling was accompanied by a letter and three "Tick the Leaf" discs made by Dunedin ceramic artist Tanya Carey, tied together with cannabis thread. The letter read: "If the Queen of England can receive a few leaves of the herb, then the very least our leader can be offered is a living seedling, full of potential. Treat the herb well and you will prosper, otherwise . . . observe Jenny Shipley". Mr McMullan said he was inspired by a similar incident in England at the weekend when the Queen accepted a bouquet of flowers containing a cannabis plant. "I thought I'd do it just to raise the issue of legalising cannabis," he said. Only a small plant was offered because "I didn't want to throw away a whole bush". "It would be nice to think that that little seedling will be growing in her office but it might be too much," he said. The prime minister's office was unable to confirm this morning what happened to Mr McMullan's gift. A spokesman for the prime minister confirmed officials did receive Mr McMullan's gift but Ms Clark was "blissfully unaware" of it because she was inside the Town Hall at the time. Police had kept the seedling and might have a chat to Mr McMullan sometime in the future, the spokesman said.
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