Pubdate: Thu, 29 May 2003 Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) Copyright: 2003 The Calgary Sun Contact: http://www.fyicalgary.com/calsun.shtml Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67 Author: Pat Rogers Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk DRUG LAW REFORMS ARE DESIGNED TO FAIL The proposed drug law reforms are designed to fail. In fact, they are designed to exacerbate the proliferation of harder street drugs. The problem is not the cannabis consumer. This halfway measure of decriminalizing the consumer addresses none of the fundamental problems or root causes of drug use and abuse. Canadians should be asking their politicians and police why they stubbornly continue to support a counter productive "prohibition" that causes more crime, proliferates the disease of addiction and even helps to support terrorism against the free world. Pat Rogers (Canadians aren't ready to legalize marijuana.) - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart