Pubdate: Fri, 09 Dec 2011
Source: National Post (Canada)
Copyright: 2011 Mark Wickens
Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/wEtbT4yU
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/286
Author: Mark Wickens
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n687/a06.html

GOVERNMENTS MUST STOP ACTING LIKE PARENTS

Re: Push For Legalized Pot Just Dopey, Brian Hutchinson; Skiing In 
Nova Scotia? You'll Need A Helmet, both Dec. 7.

The juxtaposition of these stories was appropriate, as Brian 
Hutchinson and the province of Nova Scotia demonstrate the same 
fundamental view of the proper role of government. They both see 
governments as parents, who have a responsibility to protect their 
children from the consequences of their own actions. If instead one 
believes that government ought to concern itself only with the 
establishment, preservation and protection of an environment that 
allows each citizen to live his life according to his own values and 
judgments, then banning marijuana and forcing grown men and women to 
wear helmets on the ski slopes are equally absurd and wrong.

Mark Wickens,

Toronto
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