WE NEED LEGALISED
POT SHOPS
Source:
Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News, UK
Pub
Date: Thursday 5 February 2004
Subj:
We need legalised pot shops
Author:
Adrian Short
Web:
http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/runcornandwidnesweeklynews/content_objectid=13918335_method=full_siteid=50020_headline=-We%2Dneed%2Dlegalised%2Dpot%2Dshops-name_page.html
Cited:
Legalise Cannabis Alliance http://www.lca-uk.org/
WE NEED
LEGALISED POT SHOPS
A
CANDIDATE is hoping to be elected as a ward councillor after mounting a
campaign to set up legalised cannabis cafes.
Widnes
woman Emma O'Neill was the most effective candidate for the Legalise Cannabis
Alliance party in the UK's 2001 local elections.
Now she
is re-launching her bid to become a ward councillor.
But
Emma, 27, is determined to get her campaign on a stronger footing this year by
raising £1,500.
She
needs a £500 deposit to stand in the election and aims to spend the rest on
printing flyers detailing her party's arguments for cannabis legalisation. She
hopes to send her message out beyond her target ward to as many as 28,000 homes
across the borough.
She is
looking for at least 30 campaigners to help out and for venues to hold debates.
Emma,
who scooped 7% of the Appleton Ward vote in 2001 for the officially registered
Legalise Cannabis Alliance, compared with an average 1-2% for its other
candidates, thinks her belief in cannabis legalisation will appeal to a wide
cross-section of people.
She hopes
to attract more votes this time as she will no longer campaign on a single
issue - young people, education and transport will also figure highly on her
agenda.
She
said: 'I want to appeal to a wide cross-section of people in the community who
want to change things.
'The Government's policy has seen the possession of Class C drugs changed into an arrestable offence.