Pubdate: Sat, 31 May 2003
Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU)
Copyright: 2003 The Gazette, a division of Southam Inc.
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/274
Author: Kirk Tousaw

PROHIBITION ENCOURAGES CRIMINALS

When will the government learn a simple equation? Prohibition = profits.
Profits = organized crime. Thus, prohibition = organized crime. This lesson
should have been learned by now. The best way to eliminate biker gangs from
the cannabis trade is to heed the Senate's recommendation and legalize and
regulate cannabis. You don't see employees of Starbucks and Tim Horton's
shooting it out over the coffee trade, do you?

Kirk Tousaw

B.C. Civil Liberties Association
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