Northern Ireland: Cannabis party launches manifesto
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The Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol party (Cista) is calling for a Royal Commission to review current UK drug laws.
Its goal is to achieve the decriminalisation of cannabis and the establishment of a regulated industry for its supply.
The party, which was founded earlier this year by Paul Birch, the co-founder of social networking site Bebo, launched its Northern Ireland manifesto in Belfast tonight.
It is fielding 32 candidates in the UK.
Its total of four in Northern Ireland was sufficient to secure it the right for a party political broadcast, which will be shown on BBC One NI and UTV this week.
Outlining the manifesto, Mr Birch said he accepted Cista was a "single issue party".
He said there was no...
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