If you go down to the park next weekend you’re in for a big surprise. Because protesters are due to set up camp in Birmingham’s Cannon Hill Park to campaign for cannabis to be legalised. Organisers of the demonstration say they are prepared to flout current laws – and smoke the banned drug in front of police. They claim at least 200 supporters will attend the event which has much support in across the West Midlands where one house in every three streets grows cannabis .
Birmingham Cannabis Club says so far 134 people have confirmed that they will be joining them in Birmingham’s most popular park, which is next door to West Midlands Police training headquarters Tally Ho! And many more have pledged support on the club’s Facebook page for the protest on Saturday August 31 from 1pm.
Organiser Matt Towers said: “The whole point of doing this is to raise awareness that cannabis does have significant therapeutic values for medical conditions, but also we believe strongly that people shouldn’t be made into criminals for something that is a personal choice. “We’re not asking to be allowed to go walking down the street smoking a big joint, we’re just asking to be left alone in the privacy of our own homes.
