Pubdate: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2011 Lance Currie Contact: http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/letters.html Website: http://www.theprovince.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Author: Lance Currie Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n169/a04.html TIME TO GET MARIJUANA CONTROL OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE GANGS I read the article about grow-ops in Monday's paper. When are these politicians going to get it? During prohibition they had the same problem. Gangs being a major factor. So why not legalize marijuana and tax it, like tobacco and alcohol? I'll tell you why, because like the rest of the world, we are afraid of the U.S., politicians in this country have no backbone. They are afraid the Americans are going to close the borders. Let them do it! Give your heads a shake and take away the illegal part and you won't have the gangs controlling it. Lance Currie, Pritchard - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake