Pubdate: Fri, 22 May 2009
Source: Abbotsford Times (CN BC)
Copyright: 2009 The Abbotsford Times
Contact:  http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1009
Author: Karen Gardner
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n521/a10.html?1132

HISTORY MAY YET PROVE FELGER RIGHT ON DRUG PROHIBITION

EDITOR, THE TIMES:

By arresting Tim Felger for selling pot to minors, (Cops nab Felger,
Friday, May 15, the Times) the police are saying it is fine and dandy
for the Bacon brothers and other criminal gangs to knock off the youth
of Abbotsford who get enticed to the illegal sale of drugs to other
youth.

A brief look at the "history" of marijuana use will make two things
obvious:

(1) there is absolutely no proof that using cannabis products leads
anyone to use more "hard core" drugs; and

(2) if you make it illegal the criminals crawl out of the woodwork to
sell it at great profit to them and at great cost to society.

Cannabis products (marijuana and hashish) should be able to be sold
legally just as liquor is.

Tim Felger may be thought of an oddball by the general public, but is
my hope that history will prove him right and the kneejerk mantra that
"marijuana is harmful; marijuana leads to hard core addiction" etc.,
etc. ad nauseum, will be seen to be the false rhetoric that it truly
is.

Karen Gardner

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