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Pressure Group Plans To Open Cannabis Cafe
Posted by CN Staff on May 29, 2002 at 15:52:46 PT
By Mary Murtagh 
Source: Leicester Mercury UK
Campaigners for the legalisation of cannabis have announced plans to open a "cannabis cafe" in Leicester where customers would openly smoke the drug. Pressure group the Legalise Cannabis Alliance has announced plans to open the cafe at an undisclosed location in the city in July.It would be run by 31-year-old Chris Peabody from Leicestershire who describes himself as a "sympathiser" to the campaign to legalise cannabis. But the Home Office today warned that he would be breaking existing laws and police action could follow.
Mr Peabody said the cafe would run as a members-only club for over-18s. No alcohol or drugs would be on sale but Mr Peabody would permit smoking cannabis on the premises.Mr Peabody said: "It will basically be a coffee shop with no alcohol or drugs sold. If people chose to smoke cannabis in my shop I am not going to stop them."I think the laws on cannabis are unjust. It bothers me greatly that it is against the law but I believe that the law is wrong. I am willing to take that risk."The shop will operate on a 'members only' scheme, allowing people to read, relax, play games, like chess or Scrabble, and smoke cannabis in a safe and peaceful environment."I, for one, would rather walk home knowing the people around me had been smoking cannabis, rather than rowdy drunks looking for a fight."If no-one in Leicester thinks it is a good idea, I will shut the shop."Inspector Daimon Tilley, in charge of city centre policing said if it opened he would look at the law and act accordingly.He said: "If something like that were to open in Leicester we would take an interest, look at the legislation and deal with it."In April, 60 police officers raided an Amsterdam-style coffeeshop in Dorset. Seven people were arrested for drug-related offences and a quantity of substance believed to be cannabis was recovered.Don Barnard, spokesman for the Legalise Cannabis Alliance, said: "The coffee shop will make Leicester safer. Instead of over-18s drinking and smoking cannabis on street corners, causing vandalism and trouble, they will be able to go to a safe and controlled environment."A Home Office spokeswoman said enforcement of the law was an operational matter for the police, but added that allowing drugs to be smoked on the premises of a "cannabis cafe" was illegal.The plans come in the wake of a government-commissioned report, by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, which recommends that cannabis should be downgraded to a Class C drug.If ministers accept the advice users could be free to smoke it in public without fear of arrest.Source: Leicester Mercury (UK) Author: Mary Murtagh Published: May 29, 2002 Copyright: Teletext Ltd 2002Contact: tgobey nep.co.ukWebsite: http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Related Articles & Web Sites:Legalise Cannabis Alliance http://www.lca-uk.org/Dutch Experiencehttp://www.dutchexperience.org/Cannabis Cafe Bid For City Centrehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread12682.shtmlHasheesh To Hasheesh....http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread12659.shtmlGo Dutch in Dorset http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread12634.shtmlCannabis Entrepreneurs Go Dutch http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread12482.shtml 
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Comment #4 posted by Nuevo Mexican on May 29, 2002 at 22:30:13 PT
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Sign the petition!
"No Nukes Over Kashmir"http://www.moveon.org/nonukesoverkashmir/Great Links! A madman is in control! It's time to use the internet to save us from extinction, it's now or never folks, stand up for Peace or regret it later!
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Comment #3 posted by p4me on May 29, 2002 at 20:20:58 PT
Mayan in comment 2
I read the link from comment 2 and find it very disturbing to say the least. Saying that a dufass like Busch has near dictatorial powers while throwing opening the treasury to the already rich is disgusting. If someone still subscribes to the major media newspapers I already know that they do not have much more than a clue to our present reality.I wanted to copy a paragraph from that article because in the elusive chase of numbers you have to take what you can get. This regards the wealth controlled by our upper 1% and is a very important number indeed.From the link in comment 2:   As of right now, the top 1% of the
                      population controls 63% of the nation's
                      wealth. That top 1% is 78.3% Republican. If
                      Bush serves two terms in office, the top 1%
                      will control two-thirds of the nation's wealth
                      and the Bushonian Agenda would have been
                      effectively completed in terms of creating a
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Comment #2 posted by mayan on May 29, 2002 at 18:25:43 PT
one more...
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Comment #1 posted by mayan on May 29, 2002 at 18:01:33 PT
Only A Matter of Time...
before Britain reclassifies cannabis. Has the U.S. threatened a trade war with the Brits like they have the Canucks? My guess is that Uncle Sam needs the Brit's help moreso in carrying out his perpetual wars & won't risk losing an integral stategic ally.mostly unrelated: Beyond Politics - 
Alternative media and the new paradigm:
http://onlinejournal.com/Media/Cogswell052902/cogswell052902.htmlPart 1 of a two-part series
The complicity connection: What did the Bush administration know and when did it know it? 
http://onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Lynn052302/lynn052302.htmlPart 2 of a two-part series
The complicity connection: What did the Bush administration know and when did it know it?
http://onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Lynn052902/lynn052902.html
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