Pubdate: Sun, 31 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. U.S.-STYLE WAR ON DRUGS If Stephen Harper's "Conservatives" get a majority, I fear for the life of my epileptic wife. She uses medical marijuana, for which she has a licence from Health Canada. In the past six years, her health has improved dramatically through the use of this herb, and her seizures have plummeted in both number and ferocity. She cannot tolerate other medications, so this is not choice, but necessity. The Conservatives raged against this program when they sat in opposition and cut medical marijuana research funding when they got into power. They have reaffirmed their commitment to a U.S.-style war on drugs, even though all evidence suggests this policy actually increases the problems it purports to fight, while subsidizing gangsters at home and terrorism abroad. Russell Barth (It's ridiculous, but true.) - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake