Pubdate: Fri, 15 Feb 2002
Source: Langley Advance (CN BC)
Copyright: 2002 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc.
Contact:  http://www.langleyadvance.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1248
Author: Alan Randell
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n172/a08.html?1576

DRUGS: POT SMOKERS' LIVES RUINED

Dear Editor,

Aided in no small measure by uncritical news stories such as yours [Pot 
busted, Feb. 1, Langley Advance News], our government continues to oversee 
a brutal pogrom designed to distract our attention from more important 
issues by ruining the lives of the innocent few who ingest or sell certain 
drugs.

Please, don't insult my intelligence by insisting the drug war is there to 
protect users from harmful drugs. Banning a drug harms users (adulterated 
drugs and jail time) and non-users (murder and mayhem on our streets) much 
more than if the drug were freely and legally available. And if that were 
the reason, why didn't we ban alcohol and tobacco, too?

Alan Randell,
Victoria
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