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  Cannabis Coffee Shops Proposed

Posted by FoM on March 31, 2000 at 07:08:02 PT
By Ben Leapman, Political Reporter 
Source: This Is London 

Cannabis could be sold legally in Britain from Amsterdam-style "coffee shops" under a Bill being introduced to Parliament next week. Labour MP Paul Flynn wants regulated cafés to be able to sell small amounts of the drug for use on the premises or at home, with users paying duty to the Treasury. 
The proposals, which are unlikely to become law, mark the first attempt in five years to legalise marijuana smoking for all adults. MPs are unlikely to get the chance to vote on the Bill, with both Labour and the Conservatives strongly opposed to any relaxation of Britain's tough drugs laws. However, a report this week from the Police Foundation called on the Government to consider decriminalisation. Mr Flynn claims that selling cannabis from legal outlets would reduce the number of people moving on to harder drugs. He said: "There's more damage caused by prohibition and socalled tough laws than is caused by drugs themselves. "We have the equivalent of four-and-a-half prisons full of cannabis offenders - they often emerge as hard drugs users." Previous attempts to decriminalise cannabis have focused on its use as a painkiller for sufferers of diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Although the Government is understood to be considering allowing doctors to prescribe medicinal cannabis, it is against the recreational use which Mr Flynn advocates.© Associated Newspapers Ltd., 31 March 2000Related Articles:Century of Struggle Fails To Curb Drugs http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread5242.shtmlDecriminalisation: Let's Go Dutch?http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread5212.shtmlHigh Spots in History - U.K. - BBChttp://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_294000/294756.stm

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Comment #1 posted by Sybil Lucas-Brewer on March 18, 2001 at 07:16:23 PT:

pro pot for pain management 
i am a multi-killed professional within holistic and integrated health ...specialising in chronic pain management , mainly my own..pot smoker for three decades both socially and medicinally ......now left with no choice due to allopathic abuse and ignorance....totally compromised immunological responce already made front page news in the daily mail.....willing to challenge further ....supported by health care professionalsfree the ignorance ..the weed is already free !!!!!
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