Legalise Cannabis Alliance

The Legalise Cannabis Alliance (LCA) is a political party registered in the United Kingdom  with the cannabis leaf image as its emblem. In Cannabis: legalise and utilise (2000) the LCA declared its beliefs as follows:

• The use of cannabis ought to be a matter of choice and not of law
• The prohibition of cannabis is against the public interest
• The prohibition of cannabis contravenes Human Rights
• The prohibition of cannabis inhibits the use of a beneficial resource
• The legalisation of cannabis is a very important step that should be taken to benefit the people and the environment

Current and recent election performance

In the 2005 general election the LCA are contesting 20 seats, as follows:

*Contested also in the general election of June 2001

In the last general election (June 2001 general election) the LCA had candidates in thirteen constituencies: Braintree, Calder Valley, Carlisle, Chelmsford West, Edinburgh South, Fife North East, Hull North, Milton Keynes South West, Norwich South, Penrith and the Border, Romsey, Workington and Worthing East and Shoreham. Their best result was in Workington, where John Peacock took 1040 (2.5%) of the votes cast.

History

In 1992 the Campaign to Legalise Cannabis International was formed in Norwich to fight politically for the legalisation of cannabis worldwide.

Under the name Legalise Cannabis Alliance the organisation was registered as a political party in the United Kingdom in March 1999. This registration occurred after Howard Marks had stood as a legalise cannabis candidate in four different constituencies in the 1997 general election: Norwich North, Norwich South, Southampton Test and Neath. In the same general election Buster Nolan described himself as the New Millennium, New Way, Legalise Cannabis candidate in Braintree.

The first official LCA candidate in a Parliamentary election was Colin Paisley in the November 1999 Kensington and Chelsea byelection . He took 141 (0.7%) of the votes. The second was Derrick Large in the May 2000 Romsey byelection . He took 417 (1.1%) of the votes.

See also

• Cannabis (drug)
• Hemp
• Legalise cannabis parties
• Legal issues of cannabis

External link

Legalise Cannabis Alliance homepage