Pubdate: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON) Copyright: 2004, Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.canoe.com/NewsStand/TorontoSun/home.html Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/457 Author: Russell Barth Note: Title by MAP, parenthetical sarcastic remark by the newspaper's editor. LEGALIZE, REGULATE, AND TAX MARIJUANA The premiers and the federal health minister have been all over the TV and the papers talking about what they can do to save health care. Yet no one -- not the media, none of the premiers, none of the federal ministers -- will mention the obvious. That is, if they would just legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana, they would have upwards of $4 billion every year to put into health care. They have no intention of fixing health care. They intend to raise taxes, cut some services and privatize others. That is not my kind of Canada. Russell Barth Ottawa (Right, legalizing pot would fix aaaalllllll our problems) - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake