Pubdate: Tue, 06 Aug 2013
Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC)
Copyright: 2013 Times Colonist
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/481
Author: Alan Randell
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n380/a09.html

MARIJUANA LAWS HAVE A HIGH COST

Re: "Pot shouldn't guide political agendas," Aug. 4.

Iain Hunter apparently thinks the legalization or decriminalization 
of marijuana is a trivial issue. He seems to be saying he feels this 
way because he doesn't indulge in it and knows nothing about it.

How many young lives have to be ruined by a pot-smoking charge? How 
many prisons do we have to build to house pot-users hounded by the 
police because they are poor or have brown skin? How many billions do 
we have to spend on chasing those who smoke the stuff?

And yet, Hunter tells us he is a supporter of "equal treatment before the law."

Alan Randell Victoria
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