Here you have the text of a press release to be distributed tomorrow in every countries in which it will be possible. It contains the arguments included int the appeal, and indicates every towns in which demonstrations are scheduled, and organizations which have announced their adhesion.
Of Course, in each country it will be necessary to indicate the technical news about local initiatives.
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PRESS RELEASE
Amsterdam-Rome-Brussels-New York, 18 may 1995
TOMORROW, IN MORE THAN 100 EUROPEAN, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES THE INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF THE DUTCH POLICY ON DRUGS USE, AND FOR THE CONTINUITY OF TAHT TOLLERANT POLICY. THE APPEAL TO THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT WILL BE CONSIGNIED ALL OVER EUROPE TO DUTCH EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES.
IN ... THE INITIATIVES WILL BE HELD IN ... AT....
Tomorrow, May 19th 1995, at ... in .... a demonstration will be held in support to the Dutch policy on drugs use.
Such an initiative is scheduled in the frame of the international mobilization for defending and supporting the 20 years long Dutch drugs use policy; a tolerant policy, which risks to be deeply modifyed.
The policies on illegal drugs of the Dutch government are not only an example of tolerance, but mainly of effective government protecting its citizen from the blind violence of criminality and from the uncontrolled spread of the AIDS virus.
Following the many foreign pressures, the uncertainties and the growing intolerance, the lessons of the policies implemented up to now, have been forgotten. The restrictions on cannabis distribution are already pushing the users toward illegal means, jeopardizing their integration in society and encouraging discrimination against them. So it seem that the policies of tolerance are giving way to a unanimous European policy...prohibitionism.
For these reasons we urge the Dutch authorities not only to refrain from making any revision to their current policies on drugs, but even more so, to defend and to further advance with greater energy their example of Dutch tolerance and tolerance in absolute.
It is in this spirit that the initiatives scheduled for May 19th ask the Netherlands' Authorities to:
- continue in a determinate way their current policies on drugs;
- take the initiative and urge other member countries of the EU to withdraw the current denunciation of the United Nation Conventions on drugs in order to convene as soon as possible an international conference;
- promote research on therapeutical, medical and social uses of cannabis and its derivatives;
- guarantee, within the EU, the rights and well-being of drugs' users.
The international mobilization is promoted by:
- I.R.D.R.H.R (Drugs Peace Institute)
- Partito Radicale, transnazionale e transpartito
- L.I.A. (Lega Internazionale Antiproibizionista)
- E.C.C.O. (European Cannabis Consumers Organization)
- Co.R.A. COordinamento Radicale Antiproibizionista
The list of the cities in which the initiatives are scheduled to be held and the list of main organizations which have given their adhesion follow:
CITIES:
ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND - AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND - ANCONA, ITALIA - ANTWERPEN, BELGIUM - APELDOORN, HOLLAND - ARNHEM, HOLLAND - BARCELONA, ESPANA - BARENDRECHT, HOLLAND - BARI, ITALIA - BERLIN, DEUTSCHLAND - BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - BOLOGNA, ITALIA - BORDEAUX, FRANCE - BREDA, HOLLAND - BREST, FRANCE - BRINDISI, ITALIA - BRUGGE, BELGIUM - BRUXELLES, BELGIUM - CAGLIARI, ITALIA - CARACAS, VENEZUELA - CATANIA, ITALIA - COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA - DELFT, HOLLAND - DENVER, USA - DEVENTER, HOLLAND - DORDRECHT, HOLLAND - EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - EGMOND, HOLLAND - EINDHOVEN, HOLLAND - ENSCHEDE, HOLLAND - FIRENZE, ITALIA - FRANKFURT, DEUTSCHLAND - GENOVA, ITALIA - GENT, BELGIUM - GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - GOES, HOLLAND - GRONINGEN, HOLLAND - HEEREVEEN, HOLLAND - HOOGERHEIDE, HOLLAND - JOURE, HOLLAND - KIEV, UKRAINE - LA HAVANA, CUBA - LA PAZ, BOLIVIA - LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE - LEEUWARDEN, HOLLAND - LEIDEN, HOLLAND - LEMMER, HOLLAND - LIEGE, BELGIUM - LIMA, PERU - LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - LIVORNO, ITALIA - LONDON, ENGLAND - LYON, FRANCE - MAARHEZE, HOLLAN
D - MAASTRICHT, HOLLAND - MONNIKENDAM, HOLLAND - MONTPELLIER, FRANCE - MOSCOW - RUSSIA - MÜNCHEN, DEUTSCHLAND - MÜNSTER; DEUTSCHLAND - NANTES, FRANCE - NAPOLI, ITALIA - NEW YORK, USA - NIEUWEGEIN, HOLLAND - NIJMEGEN, HOLLAND - PALERMO, ITALIA - PARIS, FRANCE - PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - QUITO, ECUADOR - RAALTE, HOLLAND - ROMA, ITALIA - ROOSENDAAL, HOLLAND - ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND - ROUEN, FRANCE - SAN FRANCISCO, USA - SAN SEBASTIAN, ESPANA - SANTIAGO DE CHILE, CHILE - ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - SPIJKENISSE, HOLLAND - VANCOUVER, CANADA - VEENDAM, HOLLAND - VENEZIA, ITALIA - VERONA, ITALIA - WARSAW, POLAND
Here you have the main organizations which have given their adhesion to the appeal:
_ Accion Andina - Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
_ Asociación de Consumidores de Coca "Los Hijos de Mama Coca" Bolivia
_ Asociación Ramon Santos de Estudios sobre el Cannabis (ARSEC) Spain
_ Associacao Antiproibicionista Portuguesa (SOMA) Portugal
_ Associazione "Consumatori Cannabis" (CC) Italy
_ Auto Support et Prévention du VIH parmi les Usagers de Drogues (ASUD) France
_ Bond van Cannabis Detaillisten (BCD) - The Netherlands
_ Cannabis BundesKonferenz (CBK) Germany
_ Cannabis Legalisation, Education and Reform (CLEAR) England
_ Citoyens Comme les Autres (CCLA) Belgium
_ Collectif d'Information et de Recherche Cannabique (CIRC) France
_ Comite Antiprohibitionniste Cannabique (CAC), Belgium
_ Coordinamento radicale antiproibizionista (CORA) Italy
_ De Bond voor een Emancipatorisch Drugsbeleid (DEBED) Belgium
_ De Onafhankelijke Liberale Jongeren Organisatie (JOVD) The Netherlands
_ DWARS groenlinks jongerenorganisatie The Netherlands
_ European Interest Group of Drug Users (EIGDU) - Germany
_ Groupe C.S. Belgium
_ Grupos Revolucionarios Anti prohibicionistas Marihuana y Otros Substancias (GRAMOS) Spain
_ Institut für qualitative Drogenforschung Münster (INDRO) - Germany
_ Jong Socialisten The Netherlands
_ Jonge Democraten The Netherlands
_ Junkies, Ex-Junkies uns Substituierte (JES) - Germany
_ Legalise Cannabis Campaign (LCC) England
_ Legalise Cannabis Campaign (LCC) Scotland
_ Liaison Antiprohibitionniste Belgium
_ Medisch sociale Dienst Heroine Gebruikers (MDHG) The Netherlands
_ National Organization for the Reform of Marihuana Laws (NORML) USA
_ Nederlandse Cannabis Consumenten Bond (NCCB) The Netherlands
_ The Growers' Association Amsterdam "Sinsemilla Fanclub" - The Netherlands
_ The Hash, Marihuana, Hennep Museum Amsterdam - The Netherlands
_ Verein Schweizerischer HanfFreunde (VSHF) Switzerland
_ Vereniging van Haagse Coffee Shops (VHCS) The Netherlands
- Gruppo Abele, Italia
- Arci-Gay, Italia
- Antigone, Italia
FROM USA::
- NORML (National Org.Reform Marijuana Laws) Washington DC
- CANNABIS ACTION NETWORK - Berkeley CA
- DENVER MEDICAL MARIJUANA INITIATIVE - Denver CO
- NEW YORKERS for DRUG POLICY REFORM - New York NY
- PARTNERSHIP for RESPONSIBLE DRUG INFORMATION - New York
- AMERICAN FEDERATION for LEGAL CONSISTENCY - Colorado
- PIKES PEAK HEMP COALITION - Colorado
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN HEMP NETWORK - Colorado
- NORML - Denver CO
- RELIGIOUS COALITION for a MORAL DRUG POLICY - Colorado
FOR EVERY FURTHER INFORMATIONS: .........
