Pubdate: Mon, 17 Mar 2003
Source: Ottawa Hill Times (CN ON)
Contact:  http://www.thehilltimes.ca/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/192
Author: Joe Hueglin

SOCIETY MUST BE PROTECTED

Those of us with more concern for the safety of society than the ability of 
individuals to satisfy their wants have two questions which must be 
definitely answered: can the ability of those driving vehicles be impaired 
by the use of marijuana; if so, is there a roadside administerable test the 
courts will accept as evidence of impairment? The answer to the first 
question would seem to be yes in that "the federal government has submitted 
documents claiming that marijuana use is connected to increasing the 
likelihood of cancer, automobile accidents, psychiatric problems and drug 
addiction" to the Supreme Court. This being so, the answer to the second 
must be affirmative as well if society is to be protected.

Joe Hueglin

Niagara Falls, Ont.

(The letter-writer is a former Tory MP.) 
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