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UK: Meet The Candidate: Mark Gibson
ccguide Thursday 10 May 2001 Pubdate: Wed, 09 May 2001 Source: News & Star (UK) Copyright: 2001 News & Star Contact: Website: http://www.news-and-star.co.uk/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/797 MEET THE CANDIDATE: MARK GIBSON Mark Gibson (Legalise Cannabis Alliance, Penrith and the Border) Mark hit the headlines last year when his wife Lezley - an MS sufferer - was cleared of possessing cannabis after a jury decided she was entitled to smoke it on medical grounds. Mr Gibson will be campaigning on the grounds that cannabis does not harm society and should be legalised for recreational use. He may prove an irritant to incumbent MP David Maclean, who said he thought cannabis takers he knew at university were "creeps". Age: 37 Job: On incapacity benefit, awaiting an operation Political experience: None Agent: TBA Hero: Howard Marks and Lezley Gibson (Mark's wife) Top three issues: (a) Legalisation of cannabis for recreational use, (b) Human rights, (c) Law and order People should vote for me because... "Cannabis is used by all sections of society. Most of us know a cannabis user even if we are not aware of its use. Their use of cannabis is not harming anyone, and should the law punish people who are not harming anyone?" - --- MAP posted-by: GD
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