Pubdate: Sun, 20 Jan 2008
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2008 Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact:  http://www.edmontonsun.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Kirk Muse
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk.
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n060/a04.html

REGULATE, TAX AND CONTROL

I'm writing about the letter from Bill Kushniryk claiming that pot is 
somehow a gateway substance to hard drugs. I wonder if Kushniryk or 
any other readers have ever been offered a free bottle of whiskey, 
rum or vodka when they buy beer or wine? I haven't, either. However, 
I was offered free samples of cocaine, heroin and meth from marijuana 
sellers. This would never happen in a regulated market because the 
marijuana vendors could lose their licenses. Regulate, tax and 
control the sale of marijuana and we close the so-called gateway to hard drugs.

KIRK MUSE

(The debate goes on.)
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