Pubdate: Sun, 09 May 2004
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2004, Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact:  http://www.fyiedmonton.com/htdocs/edmsun.shtml
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Kevin Stewart
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n664/a04.html?63746

ADMIT IT, MINDY, THE COLUMN WAS ABOUT POT!

RE: "DRUGGED drivers a threat to safety," by Mindelle Jacobs, May 2. 
Jacobs's comment is as disingenuous as Justice Minister Irwin Cotler's 
asserted reason for introducing draft legislation to drug-test for impaired 
drivers. Although Jacobs doesn't once mention the word cannabis, this 
proposal is clearly a poorly veiled agenda to deny those who consume 
cannabis of the right to drive. Given the fact there is no clear method of 
determining level of impairment and considering the lack of any credible 
studies indicating any discernible impairment from cannabis consumption, it 
becomes obvious this legislation is meant as yet another weapon in the 
arsenal used to wage war against those who express their right to choose an 
alternative medicinal plant. Also, given the fact that THC is unique in 
that it remains detectable for up to a month after consumption, it's clear 
the agenda is to punish cannabis use in the way pre-employment and random 
drug tests are used to deny jobs to those who consume cannabis.

Kevin Stewart

(You sure jumped to a conclusion.)
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