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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.A co-founder of social network Bebo has launched a new disruptive UK political party centred on the legalisation - and taxation - of cannabis.
Paul Birch, who aided husband and wife team, Michael and Xochi Birch, in founding once momentous social network Bebo, last week launched the Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol (CISTA) to evoke a UK policy change towards cannabis.
After reinvesting his tech industry profits in CISTA, the newly launched manifesto claims the ‘War on Drugs’ has been lost.
It reads: "By reforming cannabis laws, we could raise £900m in duties and cut the deficit by £1.25bn or free up spending on essential public services."
Birch told Buzzfeed: “I started the party when I saw the news that there was definitely going to be an election in May and I realised our issue would be swept under the carpet like always, I thought, ‘Let’s start a political party...
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