Pubdate: Tue, 15 Jun 2004
Source: Salon (US Web)
Contact:  2004 Salon
Website: http://www.salon.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/381
Subject: King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Cited: Legalise Cannabis Alliance http://www.lca-uk.org
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)

KING KAUFMAN'S SPORTS DAILY

Quick! Detroit Police: Distribute Marijuana Immediately!

Fifty-thousand English soccer fans have followed the country's side to 
Lisbon, Portugal, for the Euro 2004 tournament, and police braced 
themselves for serious trouble as England met France in a first-round game 
Sunday. But even as an estimated 15,000 people jammed the Rossio, Lisbon's 
town square, in an impromptu pre-match party, and even as France scored 
twice in injury time for a stunning 2-1 win, all was peaceful, blissful, 
friendly, groovy.

The reason? Look no further than the Lisbon police's announced policy that 
marijuana smokers would be unmolested, the idea being that while drinkers 
get rowdy, pot smokers bliss out. "If people are drinking they lose 
control," said Alan Buffry, national coordinator of the Legalise Cannabis 
Alliance, a British political party. "If they smoke cannabis they don't. 
Alcohol makes fans fight. But cannabis smokers will be shaking hands and 
singing along together." 
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