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UK: Marchers support cannabis cafes
BBC Online
Saturday 29 Sep 2001 Organisers of a pro-cannabis march in London fear thousands of campaigners may stay away because of the fear of terrorist attacks on the city. Representatives of about 60 groups which form the Cannabis Coalition are due to march from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square on Saturday. The Coalition is supporting plans to open Dutch- style cannabis cafes in Britain with the first proposed for Brixton, south London. In an experiment expected to last six months, police in Lambeth are not arresting anyone found in possession of small amounts of cannabis. Chris Sanders, a coordinator for the Cannabis Coalition based in Kings Cross, said around 15,000 people attended the last march in Brixton in June. But he said people might be too afraid to come into central London. One of the speakers is Colin Davies, who was arrested after attempting to open the UK's first cannabis cafe in Stockport, Greater Manchester. Mr Sanders said: "We want the experiment in Brixton to be extended throughout the UK. "Cannabis cafes would supply the drug for personal use and for those people who need it medically. "We have a lot of support amongst the medical profession but the drug companies are never going to agree to something that would cut millions off their profits."
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