Pubdate: Tue, 08 Jan 2002
Source: Cambridge Reporter, The (CN ON)
Copyright: 2002 The Cambridge Reporter
Contact:  http://www.cambridge-reporter.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1470
Author: Shaun Hittle
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n018/a04.html
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)

POT A WASTE OF TAX DOLLARS

I found the Jan. 4 editorial, Little Court Support, to be way off base.

The newspaper asserts that pot growers are not being penalized enough for 
their illegal activities, and until they are, these "villians will continue 
to elude justice."

The fact is that no matter what the penalties, the marijuana will still be 
grown, sold, and smoked. None of the efforts so have far have refuted this.

Instead, far too much money and resources are being spent trying to catch 
and punish these non-violent offenders.

I feel that these resources should be aimed primarily at violent criminals, 
the types who disrupt society.

Maybe we should open our minds and legalize their activities. I'm sure 
there are better ways to spend tax dollars.

Shaun Hittle, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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