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UK: Pot Campaigner Arrested

Province, The (Canada)

Sunday 16 Sep 2001

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MANCHESTER, England -- A campaigner for the legalization of
marijuana was arrested yesterday after opening Britain's
first Dutch-style cafe openly selling the drug.

Colin Davies, a multiple sclerosis sufferer who uses
marijuana to ease his symptoms, was involved in a scuffle
with police soon after opening the doors of The Dutch
Experience in a Manchester suburb 300 kilometres northwest
of London.

As he was put into the back of a police van, one of his
supporters shouted, "He's a healer, not a dealer."

A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said Davies
was arrested for possessing marijuana "with intent to
supply" it to others.

Davies, founder of the Medical Marijuana Co-operative,
which campaigns for the drug to be prescribed for illnesses
like multiple sclerosis, made headlines last year when he
was photographed handing the Queen a bouquet containing pot
plants during a royal visit to the city.

After Davie's arrest yesterday, police searched the cafe
and arrested several other people for possessing the drug,
which is more commonly called cannabis in Britain.

Kate Bradley, a former policewoman who has smoked marijuana
since 1991 to ease the pain of multiple sclerosis, said the
police raid was an "undignified and horrendous experience."

Bradley, who uses a wheelchair, said: "It controls my pain
and the spasms I get, and a lot of medical people believe
that cannabis should be used to help people like me."

 

 

 

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