Pubdate: Thu, 09 Aug 2001
Source: Surrey Now (CN BC)
Copyright: 2001 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc., A Canwest Company
Contact:  http://www.thenownewspaper.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1462
Author: Romni Carrigan
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WOULD BENEFIT BY A BIG FATTIE, EH

The Editor,

Help, our health care is in a mess and we need a huge infusion of money 
unless we want to go down that two-tiered road like our neighbours to the 
south. But wait ... we're Canadian and we don't want to do that.

I have friends and family who have gone south of the border to practise 
medicine and money was not the only issue in making this decision. They 
have families and wanted better working conditions and to be able to spend 
more time with their families. As practitioners and patients they are well 
looked after, it's not as scary as we think. But we're Canadian!

Well, let's be Canadian, eh. Most of us feel using tax money to fight the 
war on drugs is not exactly working the way we had hoped. So let's legalize 
marijuana, put in the liquor stores and tax it the same way. It's time to 
make some changes, we need the money. When the B.C. Marijuana Party had a 
candidate in every riding doesn't that tell us something, or does anyone 
remember Prohibition? Oh and yes I know about the evils of alcohol and 
drugs. Moderation in life is key and let's face it - you can be addicted to 
just about anything.

So let's be Canadian and lead the way to creating a new industry to 
generate some more tax dollars for our beleaguered health care system.

Romni Carrigan
Surrey
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