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Euro MP Arrested on Cannabis March
Posted by FoM on December 15, 2001 at 07:34:48 PT
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Source: London Evening Standard 
Liberal Democrat Chris Davies joined dozens of cannabis campaigners for a march through Stockport in Greater Manchester before speaking to supporters outside the town's police station.As he did so, brandishing a tiny amount of cannabis stuck to the back of a postage stamp, he was arrested and led into the police station by 12 officers.
Protesters, who are campaigning for the release of local man Colin Davies - who is no relation of Chris Davies- cheered and chanted slogans as the MEP for the North West of England was led away.There have been weeks of protests in Stockport following the opening of Britain's first Amsterdam-style coffee shop, in which people with a medical need for cannabis as a painkiller are given "help" in obtaining the drug.Colin Davies, the cafe's owner, is being held on remand at Strangeways prison on drugs charges.Speaking outside Stockport police station, Chris Davies said: "Earlier this week, a report said that some 800 people died of cirrhosis of the liver from drinking alcohol which is available from half the shops on our high street."Not one died from taking cannabis. I think this is a ridiculous situation and it is one which Colin Davies first tried to address several years ago when he started taking cannabis for the pain caused by his spine injuries."For several weeks, pro-cannabis campaigners from across the country have been meeting at the cafe - The Dutch Experience - and marching through Stockport to protest about the law surrounding the drug.Chris Davies said he had decided to join the to support his constituents. "Hundreds of British politicians admit in private that the law on cannabis is a nonsense. It is time more of them spoke out publicly," he said.Note: A Euro MP has been arrested for possession of cannabis during a protest against Britain's "ridiculous" drug laws.Source: London Evening Standard (UK)Published: December 15, 2001Copyright: 2001 Associated Newspapers Ltd.Contact: letters standard.co.ukWebsite: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/Related Articles & Web Site:Dutch Experiencehttp://www.dutchexperience.org/Euro MP's Drugs Protest http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11549.shtmlPolice Station Cannabis Protest http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11414.shtmlOwner Dealt in Cannabis at His Caféhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11412.shtml
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