Pubdate: Tue, 22 Nov 2011
Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)
Copyright: 2011 Judith Renaud
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Author: Judith Renaud

MARIJUANA PROHIBITION DIVISIVE, HYPOCRITICAL, COSTLY

Canadian citizens must stop a government from committing an 
outrageous act that defies the intelligence and human rights of the 
citizenry of Canada.

Marijuana has become part of our culture, and no amount of money for 
prisons, police, prosecutors and punishment is going to change that.

Marijuana was outlawed early in the last century for the purpose of 
oppressing minorities, and enforcement of its prohibition has 
continued to serve that function.

Marijuana prohibition is utterly hypocritical. Both alcohol and 
tobacco, despite their health risks, are available to adults in a 
regulated taxed system.

Prohibition divides parents against teens, employers against 
employees, doctors against patients and citizens against police.

Repeal marijuana prohibition and there will be no need for billions 
of dollars to build prisons. Instead there will be billions of 
dollars for health care, climate change and the national debt.

Judith Renaud

Executive Director,

Educators for Sensible Drug Policy,

Gibsons
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