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UK government not interest cannabis users safety or opinion
12/6/07|Legalise Cannabis Alliance | Press Release

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The Legalise Cannabis Alliance, a major UK pressure group for cannabis
law reform, is outraged by the Government’s responses to three
e-petitions raised by members of the public concerning cannabis law.

The e-petitions were hosted on the Downing Street web site.

The petitions read:

“to remove cannabis and cannabis products from the Misuse of Drugs Act
and associated laws and thus enable consumer protection.” (1)

“to safeguard the public from the risks of inappropriate use of cannabis
by bringing its control and sales within the law.” (2)

“to initiate a test program whereby cannabis users may purchase up to 5
grams in a “coffeeshop” to reduce the flow of funds to organised
criminal gangs.” (3)

Potent quotes from government responses to these petitions;

“The Government has no intention of legalising cannabis. We do not
accept that legalisation and regulation is now, or will be in the
future, an acceptable response to the presence of drugs.”

“The Government has no intention of legalising cannabis and regulating
its control.”

“The Government's message has always been that cannabis is a harmful and
illegal drug that should not be taken.”

“The Government has no intention of legalising cannabis and regulating
its control.”

“The Government's message has always been that cannabis is a harmful and
illegal drug that should not be taken.”

Dilys Wood, spokesperson for the LCA said: “The attitude and similarity
of these responses highlights the futility of e-petitions and the lack
of respect shown by this Government to the members of the public who
raise them.”

The Legalise Cannabis Alliance believes that cannabis prohibition is a
crime against Human Rights, illogical and unworkable.

The UN Declaration of Human Rights preamble makes it clear that the
Rights were acknowledged in order to stifle the need for rebellion.

Unfortunately the Government's continued refusal to accept the Rights of
Privacy and Freedom of Belief for it's citizens who are otherwise
law-abiding and tax-paying citizens but who wish to use cannabis means
that rebellion may once again be the only option.

Dilys Wood said: "Rebellion against this unjust law is already happening
in a peaceful way. The Home Office has estimated that some 4 million
regularly use cannabis in the UK - we suspect the figure is much higher
- and they are unjustly being criminalised despite doing no harm to others.

"Prohibition has failed to control the use of cannabis and has created
many problems of its own, not least a blatant and illegal disregard for
the Human rights of cannabis users, their safety or even their opinion".