Pubdate: Wed, 04 Apr 2001
Source: Colchester Evening Gazette (UK)
Copyright: 2001, Quicksilver Media
Contact:  http://www.thisisessex.co.uk/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/799
Cited: Legalise Cannabis Alliance http://www.lca-uk.org

CANDIDATE STANDS TO BACK CANNABIS

AN environmentalist has announced he will he standing as a candidate at the 
General Election - campaigning to legalise cannabis.

Buster Nolan, 51, of Great Airfield, will stand as a candidate for the 
Legalise Cannabis Alliance in the Braintree constituency.

Mr Nolan stood as a candidate for the New Millennium New Way Party at the 
1997 General Election and gained 274 votes.

He said: "I believe the planting of cannabis hemp with tree planting 
program the UK would restore vitality and jobs in local communities."

The Legalise Cannabis Alliance was registered as a political party in March 
1999, calling for legalising of cannabis because of it's medical properties 
and the role the plant would play in cleaning the environment.

The party has so far fielded 14 candidates contesting constituencies across 
the country, includ=ADing seats in Norwich London and five seats in Edinburgh

Party officers say a cannabis, one of the party emblems, will be appearing 
on ballot papers.

Prospective parliamentary candidates already announced for Braintree 
constituency are Brooks Newark (Con), Peter Turner (Lib Dem) and James 
Abbott (Green).  Braintree MP Alan Hurst will (Lab) contest his seat.
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