thc @ 10: medical cannabis demo Parliament Sq
schmoo | 28.04.2006 01:09 | Health | London | World
MEDICAL CANNABIS LOBBY/DEMONSTRATION @ HOUSE OF PARLIMENT + PARLIAMENT SQUARE & 10 DOWNING ST, 24th May 2006, 10 am - 5pm.
A "FAMILY" day of medical cannabis action is being planned for Weds 24th May 2006 to raise awareness of the issues and injustices facing medical cannabis users, growers and their friends and relatives in the UK.
An organiser said: "Many thousands of people in Britain are being denied treatment with a effective drug, not because of scientific or medical reasons, but because of bigotry, because the drug is called 'cannabis'. As a consequence it could be you who dies early, or who ends up in a wheel chair unnecessarily, or who suffers pain that can't be treated by other drugs without terrible side effects. Or it could be your Mum or Dad, a child or your grandparents. That is why legalising medical cannabis now is a family issue. Meanwhile the only people who benefit from the continued prohibition of medical cannabis are the companies who supply drugs that don't work as well as cannabis - and funeral directors."
A Petition will be delivered to Downing St at 1pm by a group which includes a Grandmother who self-medicates by adding cannabis to her food (Cannabis Grandma), an MS sufferer, the founder of a clinic dispensing cannabis-based creams and tinctures, an organic medical cannabis grower and a human-rights lawyer.
There will be a Press Conference and Lobby of MP's inside the House of Commons ( 3pm tbc), and a simultaneous Demonstration outside on Parliament Square from 10am to 5pm. Thanks to support from MP's, a meeting room will be available inside Parliament, more information soon.
Organised by members of the 'Cannabis Trust' - more information @ 'News of The Weed' (
http://www.newsoftheweed.com). Daily up dates from now on.
Respect Cannabis - The Law Doesn't
The Right To Choose Your Own Medicine
An organiser said: "Many thousands of people in Britain are being denied treatment with a effective drug, not because of scientific or medical reasons, but because of bigotry, because the drug is called 'cannabis'. As a consequence it could be you who dies early, or who ends up in a wheel chair unnecessarily, or who suffers pain that can't be treated by other drugs without terrible side effects. Or it could be your Mum or Dad, a child or your grandparents. That is why legalising medical cannabis now is a family issue. Meanwhile the only people who benefit from the continued prohibition of medical cannabis are the companies who supply drugs that don't work as well as cannabis - and funeral directors."
A Petition will be delivered to Downing St at 1pm by a group which includes a Grandmother who self-medicates by adding cannabis to her food (Cannabis Grandma), an MS sufferer, the founder of a clinic dispensing cannabis-based creams and tinctures, an organic medical cannabis grower and a human-rights lawyer.
There will be a Press Conference and Lobby of MP's inside the House of Commons ( 3pm tbc), and a simultaneous Demonstration outside on Parliament Square from 10am to 5pm. Thanks to support from MP's, a meeting room will be available inside Parliament, more information soon.
Organised by members of the 'Cannabis Trust' - more information @ 'News of The Weed' (
http://www.newsoftheweed.com). Daily up dates from now on. Respect Cannabis - The Law Doesn't
The Right To Choose Your Own Medicine
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Will you be seeking police permission for the demo?
28.04.2006 06:04
"Disssent without resistance is consent."
Henry Thoreau
Itsme
the right to choose your own medicine
30.04.2006 17:14
Imagin being ill - and then being raided by the police, having the only medicine you have that works taken from you, and being thrown in jail. That is real repression, and it is happening to people all over the world, including Britian. Repression is what this protest event is about - globalised medical repression. We are trying to stop repression in support of multi national drug companies who are selling a slow, complicated and profitable death; when a simple herb can bring relief.
Sorry if it upsets you, but we leave the politics of form filling to others, who obviously have more time - and more freedom - on their hands. We are fighting for our lives and our health, and the lifes and health of our friends and relations, and the lives and health of millions of people world wide.
Please join us - don't slag us off for filling in a form!
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perhaps...
30.04.2006 20:15
the fact is direct action works and changes things ... think the scrapping of the road building programme in the 90's or the demise of the poll tax
while we continually plead with the state to change the things we don't like for us, we ramain disempowered and impotent
its time to make those changes ourselves and to invest our lives in making them happen rather than petty actions hoping that the state will patronise us with its attention
of course demonstrations, public stunts are important, but if the situation is as urgent as you say, then do we have the time to fill out forms asking for permission to make our point?
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