Pubdate: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 Source: Winnipeg Sun (CN MB) Copyright: 2003 Canoe Limited Partnership Contact: http://www.fyiwinnipeg.com/winsun.shtml Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/503 Author: Robert Tessier Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor. SUN SENSIBLE ON POT ISSUE In response to Thursday's editorial, Pot file a foul mess, I want to thank The Winnipeg Sun for continuing to report on the marijuana issue in a sane and sensible manner. People are finally realizing that marijuana prohibition, at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars a year in taxes, just doesn't make sense. Cannabis users across Canada have heard the decriminalization tale and know it is nothing more than a tool to make it easier to punish users. The editorial is correct in pointing out the rising involvement of organized crime under the proposed decriminalization. People won't stop using pot, they will just be buying it under riskier circumstances. As baffling as the Liberal position on pot is, I still prefer their ineptitude to the outright hostility of the Canadian Alliance. Randy White, a popular Alliance MP, would like to see stronger penalties and more legal interference against marijuana users. Interesting that a party that preaches responsible government spending would actually increase the taxpayer resources used on the worthless war on pot. Robert Tessier Winnipeg (Before you light up a fat one, read on ...) - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens