Pubdate: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 Source: Calgary Herald (CN AB) Copyright: 2003 Calgary Herald Contact: http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/66 Author: Nancy Charbonneau HAPPY ON HASH Re: "Legal drugs impairing drivers, study finds," Feb. 28. I am 45 and smoked a great deal of hash when I was a teenager. Hash was considered far superior to marijuana and more accessible; the best hash was laced with opium or heroin. Marijuana was looked upon with scorn -- who would want a paltry imitation of the hard stuff? I quit when I was about 20, but my friends continue to smoke. Most of them don't drink, but smoking is just a way of unwinding, rather than taking a cocktail. My late mother grew up in Holland and was extremely tolerant of legalization of marijuana. Her assumption was that if marijuana, hashish and prostitution were legal, the government would gain insofar as revenue was concerned, and we would have a happier, more open population. I agree with her. Let's let the government legalize soft drugs and prostitution, make a profit and make many people happy. Nancy Charbonneau Calgary - --- MAP posted-by: Alex