Pubdate: Wed, 29 Oct 2003
Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
Copyright: 2003, The Globe and Mail Company
Contact:  http://www.globeandmail.ca/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168
Author: Patrick Conner
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1684/a06.html?1200

REEFER MADNESS

Imagine writing an article straight out of Reefer Madness and getting it 
published in The Globe in 2003. (Lax Pot Laws Lure Criminals to Canada, 
Police Suggest -- Oct. 28). With no connection between the shootings at 
Queen and Ossington streets (a truly shocking event) and marijuana use and 
trafficking, Staff Inspector Gary Ellis decides to take a shot at marijuana 
users as the monster in the woodpile of crime in Canada.

I think Staff Inspector Ellis has the story askew; if we legalized 
marijuana there would be no criminal profit to be made from growing this 
most benign herb.

Patrick Conner,

Toronto
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