Pubdate: Tue, 06 Mar 2012
Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)
Copyright: 2012 The Vancouver Sun
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Author: Jerry Steinberg

HURDLES TO JUMP BEFORE ENDING MARIJUANA PROHIBITION

Re: It's time to end marijuana prohibition, readers say, Letters Feb. 27

I would support decriminalization and even legalization of pot if
three things happened:

1) The immediate and long-term effects of smoking pot were fully
studied and publicized ( addiction, memory loss, indolence, cancer,
emphysema, impotence, birth defects, etc.);

2) Pot were sold only to adults and only in government liquor stores (
along with all tobacco products);

3) The police had a quick and reliable method of measuring a pot-
smoker's impairment so dangerous drivers could be immediately removed
from the road.

JERRY STEINBERG

Vancouver
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