Pubdate: Sun, 01 Jun 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: Jonathan Colford Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk ANOTHER LIBERAL BOONDOGGLE So lemme get this straight. They are replacing jail with fines for 15g of pot or less and spending $240 million on a program to get kids to stop smoking it. Unless they're going to crack down like meter maids and issue fines left and right to pay for this, I smell another Liberal boondoggle here (and some fat ad contracts for someone to develop the "Say no to pot" campaign). In some twisted way I think this could actually reduce consumption, because if the police aren't arresting kids because no one feels getting caught smoking a jay is worth a criminal record, then they'll probably start giving the fines. Jonathan Colford (That's the idea.) - --- MAP posted-by: Josh