CANNABIS CAMPAIGN - WIN A VIDEO

Australian documentary film maker Anthony Clarke has made a unique video
guide to the history and controversy surrounding the cannabis question.
Copies of the 74-minute video, The Hemp Revolution, have just become
available in Britain but the Independent on Sunday has 25 copies to give
away to winners of our special competition.

The video is the first serious attempt to place on film the full
fascinating history of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa), from its hundreds
of practical uses through to the cultural forces responsible for its
prohibition.

"It is perfectly feasible thathemp, used in combination with the
bio-technologies presented in this film, could potentially revolutionise
the planet," said Mr Clarke. "It is also a fact that hemp, a crop that
takes just 120 days to grow, could fulfil the world's need for paper, cloth
and fuel whilst also providing high-protein food and useful medicines if
only it were legal."

The first 25 readers to answer the following three questions correctly (on
a self-addressed postcard) will receive a copy of The Hemp Revolution by
post.

1. Who was the Governor of California in the 1970s who opposed the
decriminalisation of cannabis and who later, as President of the United
States, committed the federal government to waging a "war against
marijuana"?

2. Is it legal to buy and sell cannabis seeds in Britain?

3. In 1997, the British Medical Association's special report concluded that
some of the chemical components of cannabis (cannabinoids) "... have a
therapeutic potential in a number of medical conditions in which present
drugs or other treatments are not fully adequate". Name three.

Those not lucky enough to win our competition can order copies of 'The Hemp
Revolution' at #12.99 each from Visual Entertainment, Hampton House, 20
Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TJ (Tel: 0171-820 4410)

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