Pubdate: Sun, 04 May 2003 Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON) Copyright: 2003, Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.fyitoronto.com/torsun.shtml Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/457 Author: Stan Sambey Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk SUPPLY AND DEMAND PUT IT this way: If you could buy gold for $200/oz. in Canada and resell it for $600 in the U.S., do you think people would see a profitable enterprise? Now imagine if you could actually produce this gold for about $20/oz and sell it south of the border for $600/oz. Imagine a government silly enough to suppress this valuable commodity that is less harmful that tobacco, alcohol, aspirin and even table salt for Pete's sake. If 10% of the North American population smokes cannabis, then there are more cannabis users in the U.S. than there are people in Canada. It's simple logistics of supply and demand for a product less lethal than beer. If we legalize cannabis and the Americans do not, the only thing getting high will be our dollar's value. Stan Sambey The Federal Marijuana Party of Canada Pembroke (The flaw in your logic is that the Americans wouldn't just sit back and let this happen) - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens