Pubdate: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 Source: Houston Today (CN BC) Copyright: 2006 Houston Today Contact: http://www.houston-today.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4080 Author: Robert Sharpe Note: Title by Map Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n118/a07.html IGNORE THE REEFER MADNESS Editor: Re: Whatever happened to the pot debate? Thomas Barker, Barking at the Big Dog, Houston Today, Jan. 25. Rather than continue to subsidize organized crime, Canadian policymakers should ignore the reefer madness hysteria of the U.S. government and instead to look their own Senate for guidance. In the words of Senator Pierre Claude Nolin: "Scientific evidence overwhelmingly indicates that cannabis is substantially less harmful than alcohol and should be treated not as a criminal issue but as a social and public health issue." Robert Sharpe Washington, D.C. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom