| Sir
VFestival
mass drug testing Would
you like to make a statement regarding the announcement from Staffordshire police
that they will be carrying out mass screening of people going to the VFestival
for illegal drugs? The
story is being carried on the front page of http://www.ukcia.org - the website
of the Legalise Cannabis campaign. For obvious reasons we intend to alert anyone
going to your festival that they may be subjected to random screening in this
way. In
particular, are you giving your support to the police in this matter, or have
you raised objections with them? We
understand that the police in Essex - your other venue - are not going to carry
out a similar exercise, not least of all because of concerns that it may violate
the human rights act. Is this true? I
will only add that we regard this planned police action as being totally repugnant
and it's fair to say that we intend to bring as much attention to it as we can.
However, we will carry a statement from you in the interests of objectivity. Of
course, we hope any such statement will distance your organisation from the planned
action and also we hope to hear that you will not tolerate it. I
look forward to your reply. | 
