Pubdate: Tue, 27 May 2008
Source: National Post (Canada)
Copyright: 2008 Southam Inc.
Contact:  http://www.nationalpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/286
Author: C. Gwendolyn Landolt
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n524/a10.html?283930

DECADES AFTER WOODSTOCK, THE POT DEBATE STILL RAGES

This editorial posits that alcohol and cigarettes are more dangerous 
than marijuana. This position, however, has been outdated by both 
events and data. The United Kingdom recently reclassified marijuana 
because of its dangers, and the Netherlands is reviewing its policy 
of essentially legalizing marijuana through its coffee houses. These 
countries are not changing their policy on marijuana for whimsical 
reasons, but rather because of hard data that points out marijuana's 
dangers, both physically and psychologically.

C. Gwendolyn Landolt, national vice-president, REAL Women of Canada, 
Richmond Hill, Ont.
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