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UK: Home cultivation of drug is backed
Cheshire Weekly News
Thursday 05 Feb 2004 HALTON Lib-Dem MEP Chris Davies claims every household in Halton should have the right to grow at least one cannabis plant without fear of falling foul of the law. Mr Davies, who was convicted of cannabis possession after leading a protest in 2002 about drugs law outside a cannabis cafe in Stockport, said the move would give cannabis users a chance to avoid contact with drug dealers who sell more harmful drugs such as heroin. He has slammed the inequalities in the way cannabis possession is dealt with across Europe as 'crazy'. The MEP, who says he has never smoked marijuana in his life, believes the move would deal a heavy blow to the criminal drugs trade. He also points to research which suggests that more than half the cannabis consumed in England and Wales is grown in this country. He has written a letter to David Blunkett demanding the Government adopts the same approach to dealing with the problem as Belgium, where people are not prosecuted for possessing a single female cannabis plant for personal use. He said: 'Despite the declassification of the drug, there is a real risk that cannabis users will have to buy the product from heroin dealers. For some this could be a slippery slope, because the criminals have a financial interest in encour-aging their customers to try more harmful drugs. 'If I wish I could grow a cannabis plant in my Brussels flat without fear of prosecution. But to do the same in Britain would put me at risk of serious penalties. 'It's a crazy situation that just puts money into the hands of criminal drug dealers.' --=======7D592C2D=======--
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