Pubdate: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU) Copyright: 2005 The Gazette, a division of Southam Inc. Contact: http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/274 Author: Margo Pastirchak Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1223/a07.html?101931 COMPASSION FOR POT SMOKERS Re: Editorial, Aug. 2, "Pot prince sparks U.S. ire." The United States is wrong, wrong, wrong for declaring war on marijuana users. How could the country that used to pride itself on being free and democratic arrest innocent people for smoking a plant? Is is because the drug companies are afraid of losing customers who use Prozac and other antipsychotic drugs? America really needs to clean up its act because it has gone too far with the human-rights abuses. The United States is losing the world's respect at a rapid rate and it is time we acted "compassionately" toward marijuana smokers. Margo Pastirchak Port Jefferson Station, N.Y. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom