Pubdate: Thu, 25 Jul 2002
Source: Eye Magazine (CN ON)
Copyright: 2002 Eye Communications Ltd.
Contact:  http://www.eye.net/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/147
Author: Rob Graham

SET THOSE DEMON WEEDS FREE

There's no need to worry about decriminalizing pot (re "Don't hold your 
breath," News, July 11). The political interest in legalizing it will come 
as soon as the public momentum is there.

And the police also needn't worry. When pot is legalized, there's another 
drug waiting in the wings perfect for their uses: tobacco. Best of all, 
unlike pot, which was a drug demonized by a puritanical culture, tobacco 
actually is an evil weed. The numbers of people killed by it and the proven 
moral degradation of its users will give the police plenty of excuses to 
break heads.

Snort! I knew I would never be able to write that and keep a straight face. 
Long live freedom and damn the ideologies.

ROB GRAHAM
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