Pubdate: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 Source: National Post (Canada) Copyright: 2006 Southam Inc. Contact: http://www.nationalpost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/286 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n984/a05.html Author: Erik Kyren POT LAWS ARE JUST FINE Re: Up in Smoke, Philip Slayton, July 27. As an enthusiastic supporter of marijuana rights, I would prefer the current laws remain unchanged rather than see them be modified in any way. As it stands now, simple possession laws are very rarely (if ever) enforced by the police, simply because pushing such minor infractions through the court system has been unspokenly agreed upon to be a wasteful and meaningless endeavour for the halls of justice. In general, marijuana smokers are free to puff away, should the time and place be appropriate. As such, the law only needs to be enforced in situations where the smoking of grass would be offensive to a majority of other parties present at that time, or simply inappropriate. Why not allow discretionary freedom so long as common sense prevails? Erik Kyren, Vancouver. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake