Pubdate: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2008 Canwest Publishing Inc. Contact: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Author: Raymond Graham MUCH AT STAKE I have long been an advocate for the legalization of pot and other drugs, and have denounced our society's hypocrisy surrounding the entire issue. The vested interests in maintaining the status quo include not only the gangs and drug lords, but also police chiefs and the legal establishment -- whose budgets and incomes depend on the criminalization of recreational drugs of choice. In the latter category, I'd include the liquor establishment, which obviously has much at stake. Raymond Graham, Victoria - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake