Pubdate: Wed, 06 Feb 2008
Source: NOW Magazine (CN ON)
Copyright: 2008 NOW Communications Inc.
Contact:  http://www.nowtoronto.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/282
Author: Robert Sharpe
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n069/a05.html

POT PRINCIPLE

If outspoken Canadian marijuana activist and seed entrepreneur Marc
Emery is guilty of anything (NOW, January 17-23), it's telling the
truth about marijuana prohibition.

If health outcomes determined drug laws instead of cultural norms,
marijuana would be legal.

The University of Michigan's Monitoring The Future study reports that
lifetime use of cannabis is higher in the United States than in any
European country, yet the U.S. is one of the few Western countries
that use their criminal justice system to punish citizens who prefer
marijuana to martinis.

Canada should follow the lead of Europe and just say no to the
American Inquisition.

Robert Sharpe

Common Sense for Drug Policy

Washington, DC
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