Calls for cannabis legalisation

Title

Calls for cannabis legalisation

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

20 Oct 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:05

Description

Report on 65-year-old Liverpool doctor Ann Biezanek(?) having been cleared of supplying her ill daughter with cannabis for medical purposes, the case opens the debate on the relaxation of drug laws. Speakers are solicitor Tony Ostrin(?); Lord Harry Woolf; Geoffrey Cox from the Legalise Cannabis Campaign; vox pops; AIDS sufferer John; Deputy Director of Release Greg Poulter. Tanya Hines reports.

Contributors

Harry Woolf; Tanya Hines; Tony Ostrin(?); Geoffrey Cox; Greg Poulter

Keywords

Medical sciences; Liverpool; Cannabis; Illegal drugs; Narcotic drugs; Legal decisions; Drug policy; Drug legalization; Ann Biezanek(?)

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