cannabis coalition (uk)

"Set free the healing herb of tranquility and utility" - Lord of Hempton

Press Releases, reports and statements - an archive of Cannabis Coalition press releases, reports, and statements. These were send by fax, email, put up on the website and mailed out to 100's of media contacts, as well as thousands of supporters.

Feb 24 1999: 1. Bill to re-legalise medical cannabis. 2. Grandfather, 55, jailed for 12 months in Swansea yesterday (Feb 23,1999) for using cannabis for Rheumatoid Arthritis. 3. 'Worldwide Cannabis Action' on Mayday (Saturday May 1st 1999) includes London 'Celebration of Cannabis' march and festival.

April 1999: The Bill For Cannabis Prohibition: Home Office Figures Released, estimated cost £1.7 billion or as much as £9 billion.

April 15 1999: 'Cannabis Event Mayday 99: Frequently Asked Questions'

April 20 1999: 'Cannabis March & Festival Starts Early ... at House of Commons April 28th'. No Victim - No Crime.

May 1st 1999: 'Cannabis On the Menu' report on the 'Celebration of Cannabis', Clapham Common, 1st May 1999.

May 1st 1999: 'Questions and Answers on Cannabis' interview with the cannabis coalition.

August 1999: 'Free Cannabis Month Sep 99' events listing.

Sep 28th 1999: 'New Deal for Cannabis' handed in to Jack Straw at the Home Office.

Feb 16 2000: 'Cannabis March Goes Ahead May 6th as Cabinet Splits on Cannabis'.

Feb 22 2000: 'Cannabis 2000: A London march, festival and all night event as part of a 'Cannabis Action Day' worldwide on Saturday May 6th 2000'.

May 6 2000: 'A Miracle!' - Cannabis March/Festival Report + pictures & statement.

June 2001: 'Cannabis Carnival' Timetable: London Sat June 16, 2001. Great Plant - Crazy Law'.

This archive is still being prepared (March 2005), and there is much more material still to come.

"It is our moral and civic duty to oppose an unjust Law" - Martin Luther King .

cannabis declaration - medical cannabis users guide - cannabis connections - cannabis network • famous cannabis users list • new deal for cannabis • ccnews • cannabis alliance - global connections • home affairs committee report • posters & banners • press/research info • press releases

cannabis march & festival/coalition archives/ (1998 - 2005):
Establishment of coalition Sep 1998 - Clapham Common 1999 - Brockwell Park 2000 - Brockwell Park 2001 - Brockwell Park 2002 - Trafalgar Square 2002 - Brockwell Park 2003 - Brockwell Park 2004. Press releases. reports, photographs. flyers. posters. stickers.

"Britain should be less a nation of shoppers and become more a nation of gardeners." Mary Jane, coalition supporter.

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