ACTIVIST MIXES WEED INTO ROYAL BOUQUET

Police said Friday that they plan to question a man who claims to have
given Queen Elizabeth a bouquet containing a marijuana plant.

Colin Davies of the Medical Marijuana Co-operative, which wants the
substance to be legal, said he handed the bouquet to the Queen during her
whistlestop visit Thursday to this north England city. She was pictured
receiving a bouquet from Davies outside an arts centre.

"There were more important issues for our staff to be concerned with on
what was a highly successful day," said David Booth, head of Greater
Manchester police special branch. "However, arrangements will now be made
to speak to Mr. Davies about his claims".

Buckingham Palace said Friday the Queen did not bring the bouquet back to
London.

Bouquets handed to the Queen during royal engagements are routinely
distributed to hospitals or old people's homes.

Davies, 43, said he grew the marijuana plant.

"It was a harmless way of trying to bring to the notice of Her Majesty the
ludicrous restrictions on cannabis." he said. "We set up the co-operative
to supply sick people who benefit from the therapeutic value of cannabis".