Pubdate: Sat, 22 Jan 2005
Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 The Vancouver Sun
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/477
Author: Herman J. van Norden
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)

POT DIDN'T STAND IN THE WAY OF SUCCESS

Many of today's crop of lawyers, judges, law-enforcers, legislators and
criminologists grew up and went to college in the hippie times. (Alas, I was
born too early, in 1920.) We can assume that many of them smoked pot in
their formative years and, since they're apparently successful in life, came
away with a belief in its harmlessness. Any judge with this experience would
feel like a hypocrite if he or she handed out severe sentences.

Herman J. van Norden

Vancouver
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