Radical Party member and treasurer of
the Luca Coscioni right-to-die association Marco Cappato on
Tuesday distributed cannabis seeds in front of the Lombardy
regional council offices in Milan, a week after starting to sell
them on his website www.marcocappato.it.
Police seized two sachets, each containing one seed, from the
campaigner.
Cappato last week posted a video explaining that he
was protesting parliamentary stalemate over a bill legalising
the use of cannabis.
"To those who ask for them, I'll send a letter asking them to
grow and consumer their own (cannabis) instead of turning to the
black market," he said.
Cappato recalled that he filed a bill with more than 60,000
signatures in November but there has been little movement in
parliament so far.
Cappato has been in the news recently for taking terminally
ill patients to commit assisted suicide in Switzerland.
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