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French Marijuana fan faces jail for promoting drugs

Reuters

Wednesday 05 Feb 2003

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PARIS, Feb 5 (Reuters) - A key member of a pro-marijuana group which in
1997 mailed hand-rolled joints to French members of parliament now faces
jail after finally being netted for selling hemp seeds and pro-cannabis
T-shirts.

Stephane Karscher, who runs a shop called "The Bad Seed" in the southern
city of Montpellier, a favourite hangout for sun-seeking hippies, was
placed under formal investigation this week for encouraging drug use,
police sources said on Wednesday.

Drug squad police raided Karscher's shop and found T-shirts bearing the
slogan "In France it's illegal to say cannabis is good" along with seeds
and marijuana growing equipment. "They take everything at face value.
It's a pretext to ban any debate on cannabis," Karscher told the daily
Liberation.

Karscher is a member of CIRC, an underground group promoting cannabis,
whose founder Jean-Pierre Galland was fined 50,000 francs ($8,300) in
1998 after the group sent a joint to every French MP to try and trigger
a debate on legalising marijuana. Karscher was not punished for his role
in the prank.

Around one in four French people aged between 18 and 75 have tried
marijuana at least once and hundreds are jailed each year and thousands
fined for use, possession or sale of the drug.

 

 

 

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