Pubdate: Sun, 05 May 2002 Source: Manchester Evening News (UK) Copyright: 2002 Manchester Evening News Contact: http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1313 CANNABIS CAMPAIGNERS MARCH ON CITY MORE than 200 people marched through Manchester to protest against the imprisonment of the man behind the city's first Dutch-style marijuana cafe. The campaigners openly smoked the drug in front of around a dozen mounted police officers who patrolled the demonstration. The protest was in support of Colin Davies, who has been in custody awaiting trial on drugs charges since November last year, after he opened the Dutch Experience in Stockport in September. Mr Davies' trial is due to begin on June 24. The march, on Saturday, tied in with Global Cannabis Action Day, which calls for legalisation of the drug. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens