MARCHERS ROLL UP FOR PROTEST

Hull: Campaigners lobbying for the legalisation of cannabis are holding
their third annual march in the city tomorrow. Marchers will leave Queen's
Gardens, city centre, at 1pm.

They will walk along Spring Bank and Princes Avenue to join a "smokey
bears" picnic in Pearson Park.

DJs and live bands have been booked to appear.

Hull's self-styled marijuana missionary Carl Wagner has helped organise the
event.

He said: "This looks like it could be our biggest march yet. There are
people coming from all over the country. Everyone is invited to come along."

He added: "After last year's march, it was said that I was not calling for
the wholesale legalisation of cannabis. But that's wrong, because I am.

"Some of the campaigners use cannabis for medical reasons, such as people
with arthritis and other illnesses. They shouldn't have to break the law to
get that relief."

Mr Wagner, who runs the Divine Herb stall in Hull's indoor market, plans to
open the city's first cannabis cafe, but has yet to reveal the location.