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(27 Mar 1998) English/Nat Thousands of people are expected to march through the streets of London on Saturday in the capital's biggest pro-cannabis demonstration since the 1960s. Dutch, Italian and American groups will join the call for the decriminalising of cannabis, a move which is gathering more support in Britain than ever before. APTV talked to some of those who will be joining the march. Howard Marks has become an unlikely celebrity - he is an ex-cannabis smuggler who has become a leading campaigner for the liberalising of marijuana laws. For him - cannabis use is a way of life. By the time of his release from his latest sentence for cannabis smuggling in 1995, Marks had thought he would find that the drug had been legalised. Instead he found there had been no change in the law and has decided to join the campaigners now calling on the British government to decriminalise the drug. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Too many people are suffering from prohibition. It's not working even from the prohibitionist point of view. More people are smoking marijuana than ever before, so with the distribution of marijuana there are four choices - organised crime, prescription, licence or supermarket, the government seems to want to maintain distribution by organised crime which is very silly." SUPER CAPTION: Howard Marks. Marks is one of the tens of thousands of people expected to march through London on Saturday demanding a change in the law. Like many, he believes that the policing of cannabis dealing is a waste of time and does not necessarily lead to the use of harder drugs. But one argument often used against decriminalisation in the UK is that it would make Britain a drug tourism destination. Critics often use Amsterdam as an example of how liberal laws have ruined the city. But campaigners argue that Amsterdam is not as bad as the critics make out and that the decriminalisation of cannabis would prevent many from coming into contact with dealers who also supply harder drugs. The call for a change in the law has also found support from sufferers of several diseases who say the drug eases their pain. Cannabis is said to reduce the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, cancer and Aids. Multiple sclerosis patient James Thornton has been using the drug to ease his symptoms since 1990. He says many people like him would welcome a change in the law to allow him to smoke cannabis for medicinal reasons. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Decriminalisation of it (cannabis) would help. It would bring it a lot more out into the open and people would understand the facility capability. The empowerment, if you like, that they have been given to help themselves and of course with decriminalisation there should go an awful lot of education into the area of cannabis and people should have the choice to use it to help themselves. I mean, after all, everybody has the choice to go an buy a packet of paracetamol (pain killers) for a headache." SUPER CAPTION:James Thornton, Multiple Sclerosis sufferer. While most of the British media have been reluctant to break the taboo and come out in support of decriminalisation, one national newspaper has led the way in pushing for a change in the law. The Independent on Sunday is behind Saturday's march and has conducted a six-month pro-cannabis campaign. Campaign co-ordinator Graham Ball feels the British mood towards cannabis is gradually shifting. SOUNDBITE: (English) SUPER CAPTION:Graham Ball, Independent on Sunday. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...