Pubdate: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 Source: NOW Magazine (CN ON) Copyright: 2005 NOW Communications Inc. Contact: http://www.nowtoronto.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/282 Author: Robert Sharpe Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1269/a09.html POT TRUTH CAN GET YOU JAILED If outspoken Canadian marijuana activist and seed entrepreneur Marc Emery is guilty of anything, it's telling the truth about marijuana prohibition. Canada is now faced with choosing between its sovereignty and U.S. president George W. Bush's punitive culture war. If health outcomes determined drug laws instead of cultural norms, marijuana would be legal. And if harsh penalties deterred non-traditional consensual vices, the former land of the free and current record holder for citizens incarcerated would be a "drug-free" America. Robert Sharpe Common Sense for Drug Policy Washington, DC - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake