Please note, this is an old file and relates to the 1997 general election.
This is the electoral communication for Howard Marks that will drop through Norwich voters' letterboxes in early April explaining why he is standing
in the general election on the single issue of legalisation of cannabis, and
Howard is standing on behalf of CLCIA in both Norwich North AND South!
Howard is the infamous ex-cannabis smuggler who recently released his biography Mr Nice.
He launched his campaign on April 1st, and you can also read his speech to UEA, or check out his campaign itinery.
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ELECTION COMMUNICATION
NORWICH NORTH
NORWICH SOUTH
Dear Voter,
I am standing in your constituency as Parliamentary candidate for the single
issue policy of the full legalisation of cannabis. I am doing so because:
- I, as an independent, am able to say things which party politicians cannot.
- I regard the laws banning cannabis use and cultivation to be unsound, unjust and unrealistic.
The effects of this prohibition are to:
- Turn community members into criminals, despite the absence of victims.
- Leave supply in the hands of profiteers who might also sell harmful drugs or accept stolen property as payment.
- Burden police, courts, and prisons at excessive cost to the taxpayer.
- Stop the sick and infirm from using a natural medicine.
- Render impossible the quality control of available cannabis.
- Stop research into the uses of the cannabis hemp plant as fibre and fuel.
- Ban the cultivation of cannabis for its seed, which can be used as a food.
- Deny people the relaxational and recreational pleasure obtained by consumption of cannabis in safe ways.
- Repress the human and civil right to choose one's own lifestyle, beliefs, religion, and pursuit of happiness.
All major government reports on cannabis have suggested some form of legalisation, yet politicians refuse to openly debate or discuss the matter.
I am standing to give you the opportunity of expressing just how important you know this issue to be.
Yours sincerely,
Howard Marks.
LEGALISE CANNABIS
"The smoking of cannabis, even long term, is not harmful to health."
The Lancet, November 1995.
"Having reviewed all the material available to us we find ourselves in
agreement with the conclusion reached by the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission
appointed by the Government of India (1893-94) and the New York Mayor's
Committee (1944 - LaGardia) that the long-term consumption of cannabis in
moderate doses has no harmful effects."
'The Wootton Report (UK) (1968 - 70): Cannabis - Report by the Advisory
Committee on Drug Dependence (Hallucinogens Sub-Committee), chaired by
Baroness Wootton.
Quotes on the safety of cannabis refer to its use in pure form and not when
smoked with tobacco.
HOWARD MARKS X
For further election information, please contact Derek Williams, Election
Agent, The Legalise Cannabis Party, 29 St Augustine Street, Norwich NR3 3BY
( Tel: 01603-441178)
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