Pubdate: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 Source: Sault Star, The (CN ON) Copyright: 2007 The Sault Star Contact: http://www.saultstar.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1071 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n1017/a01.html Author: Joan Hill OPP DID A GREAT JOB AT ANNUAL HEMPFEST I would like to commend the Ontario Provincial Police for a job well done at the annual Hempfest. As for all the negative propaganda being spread around by a few people who seem to forget that it is against the law to smoke marijuana, what did they have to hide that made them so afraid of being stopped at a RIDE check? I was stopped and checked and nothing out of the ordinary was asked or looked for. Although, I suppose if the OPP stopped a car with glassy-eyed people and a blue haze rolling out of every window, they may have asked some questions and did some looking, which is perfectly legal due to the fact that it is against the law to smoke marijuana. I am also sure that the people of Poplar Dale do not need or appreciate all the loud music and cars in their quiet community. I am sick and tired of people hiding in out-of-the-way communities to break the law and then flaunt it in the OPP's face. Thanks again to the OPP. Keep up the good work. Hempfest is not the making of rope, but the smoking of dope. Joan Hill, Echo Bay - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake