(from Legalise Cannabis Party)
The Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party (LCQ) was buoyed by the fantastic result in the Ipswich West By-election held last weekend. Latest figures from the Electoral Commission of Queensland shows LCQ candidate Melody Lindsay currently holding 14.53% of the primary vote.
“An amazing result”, according to Party Secretary Suzette Luyken, who said the Party is planning a massive campaign in October, looking at putting candidates in as many as 40 seats across the state.
“The people are sick of being ignored on this issue”, she said. “As we saw at polling, the people are angry. The patients are angry at having to choose between taking their prescribed medicine and being able to drive, and at the high cost of prescription cannabis products. So too our tradies and professionals, who enjoy cannabis socially and could face losing their licence and their livelihood because they smoked a couple of joints on Saturday night and tested positive on Monday”.
“We aim to channel that anger and frustration into votes and the Party executive is planning to be a significant and disruptive influence at the State Election” warns Ms Luyken. “Particularly after the brush-off we were given in the response to our 12,000 signature petition asking for medical users to be exempt from RDT, as they are in Tasmania”.
“The Party was formed to give consumers and advocates a voice”, according to Ms Lindsay, “And it seems they are speaking from the ballot box if the weekend results are anything to go by”.
