Pubdate: Fri, 8 Aug 2008
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2008 Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact:  http://www.edmontonsun.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Russell Barth
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by Newshawk

LEGAL POT WOULD CAUSE OTHER DRUG USE TO DROP

I'm writing regarding the story Aug. 5 on contraband smokes costing
the government as much as $4 million daily in taxes. If marijuana were
legal, Canada would generate an estimated $3-billion in annual tax
revenue, or $8.21 million a day, while also saving about $2-billion in
policing, courts and jail costs, or $5.47 million a day. With legal
pot, the use of tobacco would likely decrease, as would the use of
booze, hard drugs, and pharmaceuticals.

Russell Barth

Federally Licensed Medical Marijuana User

(The feds are wrong on this issue and should wake up.)
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