Pubdate: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2000 The Province Section: Talk Back: We Asked You Contact: 200 Granville Street, Ste. #1, Vancouver, BC V6C 3N3 Canada Fax: (604) 605-2323 Website: http://www.vancouverprovince.com Authors: John MacGougan, Fae Johnstone, Kyle Langlois, Hilary Breeze, Jane Mason, Dave Stewart, Sean Howard Note: Subject line by MAP Cited: The Vancouver Island Compassion Society http://www.thevics.com/ Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1743/a08.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1801/a11.html WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE VANCOUVER ISLAND COMPASSION SOCIETY GETTING BUSTED FOR PACKING POT? It's an absolutely ridiculous waste of taxpayers' money. And it's unfortunate the police are wasting their time when there are much bigger issues out there. Sean Howard, Squamish - ------------------------------------------------------------------- The police are extremely lazy in going to bust an almost-legal operation when they could be looking for the illegal people who are stealing hydro and all that. Instead, they go get somebody who they know already has pot and is trying to do this as legally as possible. It's a sad day for the Victoria cops. Dave Stewart, Vancouver - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Definitely decriminalize marijuana for people who medicinally need it. My uncle is on morphine in the later stages of cancer. What is with a government that would deny him marijuana that would help him with his appetite? It's just a joke. If people need it medicinally, then give it to them. They're so free with their demerol and morphine and other kinds of painkillers, so it just doesn't make sense. Jane Mason, Langley - ------------------------------------------------------------------- What the police did is unfortunate. It's unfortunate that the compassion club legitimately calls in a break-and-enter and gets treated this way. It's time for the public to voice this concern clearly so the police are not always getting stuck in the middle -- between the law and what the people want. Hilary Breeze, Vancouver - ------------------------------------------------------------------- They should just legalize it because the cops have better stuff to worry about than just a plant -- like murders and break-ins and stuff. Kyle Langlois, Vancouver - ------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm against what the Victoria police did, and we should make marijuana legal. Fae Johnstone, Vancouver - ------------------------------------------------------------------- It takes a lot of time to find the bigger fish to fry. In the meantime, we've got to keep the system operating. You've got to keep the courts busy and people earning income. It's a justification for jobs on the taxpayers' payroll. So the system wants to have these small-time drug people pulled through the courts. John MacGougan, Surrey - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake