Pubdate: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 Source: Langley Advance (CN BC) Copyright: 2003 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc. Contact: http://www.langleyadvance.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1248 Author: Chris Buors Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n593/a05.html MARIJUANA: HOME FILLED WITH HAZARDS Dear Editor, Frank G. Sterle, Jr., ought to have a good look around his home [Harmless assumptions legitimized, April 25 Letters to the Editor, Langley Advance News]. Bleach and other cleaning chemicals under the bathroom and kitchen sinks are all extremely dangerous. Next, out in the garden shed, are all those dangerous lawn chemicals, not to mention gasoline and other petroleum products. Who protects the children from all those dangerous chemicals? "Dangerous drugs" is a political designation, no different from "dangerous" Jew, witch, heretic, homosexual, or whatever dangerous scapegoat de jour. So, even if cannabis is the most harmful or dangerous substance on planet Earth, what business does the state have prohibiting it? Chris Buors Winnipeg, Manitoba - --- MAP posted-by: Alex