Pubdate: Wed, 09 May 2012
Source: Lake Country Calendar (CN BC)
Copyright: 2012 Black Press
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Author: Moni Schiller

NO SURPRISE KELOWNA MAYOR HASN'T JOINED LAKE COUNTRY MAYOR BAKER'S 
CALL TO DECRIMINALIZE POT

To the editor:

I wasn't in the least bit surprised to read that Kelowna's mayor 
(Walter Gray) chose not to sign a letter in support of 
decriminalization of marijuana. (See Alistair Waters' column below.) 
After all, Kelowna is a right-leaning community, and he believes he 
needs to pander to his base.

However, the mayors of towns like Lake Country and Vernon signed the 
letter, and their inhabitants aren't more liberal in their views than we are.

It just appears these mayors are willing to take a progressive position on it.

They're joining attorneys-general, senators and other intelligent 
people in speaking out in favour of decriminalization.

Spending billions of dollars enforcing a prohibition that doesn't 
work is wasteful beyond words.

When compared to tobacco or alcohol, neither of which has ever been 
prescribed as medicine, it seems a fairly benign substance.

If pot is decriminalized, people like my son's friend's mom with 
cancer, could grow her own to alleviate her symptoms.

Instead, her son has to go to the Hell's Angels for pot! How this 
makes any sense, I don't know.

Moni Schiller,

Kelowna
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