Pubdate: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB) Copyright: 2009 Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.edmontonsun.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135 Author: Sharoin Moffatt Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk. LEGALIZING DRUGS IS THE BEST WAY TO GO I am happy to read that more opinion makers are starting to see legalizing drugs is the best way to go. I have been saying this for 15 years, maybe more. No, I am not in my 20s but in my senior years. No, there are not, to my knowledge, any drug users in my family. What does concern me is the increasing number of innocents caught in the crossfire of violence between gangs - and the even higher cost of human misery resulting from all this. We have been throwing more police, laws and money into this for 70 years, to no avail. So why not try something else? Let's try something, compassionate, non-violent and quite likely less costly in the long run. People will always find someway to alleviate their pain and unhappiness or just to experience adventure or euphoria. Let us give these people what they need or want in the safest manner possible. Sharoin Moffatt (Don't go arguing common sense. It might catch on.) - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin