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.
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