Pubdate: Mon, 14 Jan 2013
Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB)
Copyright: 2013 Winnipeg Free Press
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Author: Stephen Golphy
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n017/a04.html

TIME TO LIFT POT BAN

Re: Pot laws hurting society (Editorials, Jan. 7).

I can't believe the government is hell bent on ignoring the cash cow
marijuana could provide. Did Stephen Harper get beat up by potheads
too often in high school?

I found the tougher growing laws absolutely ridiculous. Guess who is
going to continue to grow despite the new legislation? Gangs, that's
who. Let them reap the profits and become stronger.

I think the government should produce it, sell it and, of course, tax
it. Make it a Crown corporation. That may seem crazy, but with the
rising costs of everything it seems, it is not completely
impractical.

Stephen Golphy

Winnipeg
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