Pubdate: Fri, 11 Oct 2002
Source: Winnipeg Sun (CN MB)
Copyright: 2002 Canoe Limited Partnership
Contact:  http://www.fyiwinnipeg.com/winsun.shtml
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/503
Author: Joanna Oznowicz-Davis
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.

THOSE DOPES IN OTTAWA

Somebody toss me a beach towel, 'cause my head is swimming.

After all the furor over the dangers of cigarettes and second-hand smoke, 
the dead heads in Ottawa are decriminalizing pot! What the  are these 
people on?

While I will admit that smoking regular cigarettes isn't the most healthy 
thing you could do, I have yet to see a regular tobacco user jump to 
anything harsher. Marijuana, on the other hand, has long had the reputation 
of being a gateway drug. You know, if pot's good, coke's gotta be better, 
etc. ...

How much sense does it make to say, "No, no Jimmy. Those tobacco products 
are no good for you. They might give you lung cancer. But, by all means, 
take a toke. It won't give you lung cancer, but by the time you work your 
way through all the other drugs, that come after, large-cell carcinoma 
won't seem like such a big deal!"

How's that for a healthier Canada?

Joanna Oznowicz-Davis

Winnipeg

(On the other hand, legalized pot, like tobacco, would be taxable. Oh, boy!)
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