Pubdate: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 Source: Calgary Herald (CN AB) Copyright: 2013 Canwest Publishing Inc. Contact: http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor.html Website: http://www.calgaryherald.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/66 Author: Bruce McFaul Page: A13 WAR ON DRUGS A WASTE Re: "Changing a law is better than flouting it," Letter, Aug. 24. I am not a big fan of Justin Trudeau. Nor do I consider the importation of toxic substances into one's body, be it from legal or illegal drugs, even alcohol, exactly a wise move. However, I consider the war on drugs an enormous waste of money. At best, it has only stopped a few people from gaining access to poisonous products while siphoning billions of dollars into criminal organizations which would be far better spent, through taxation, on education, prevention and treatment programs. As for Tricia Wilkinson's histrionic hyperbole and derogatory commentary on Trudeau's character, I am appalled the Herald gave prominence to such an inane argument. I would hardly consider a few puffs of weed in private as flouting the law, or comparing it to drunk driving or child pornography a relevant analogy. Her suggestion those few puffs has "addled his spoiled and entitled brain" may play well with the anti-Liberal crowd, but such ad hominem attacks are irrelevant to the debate on whether marijuana should be legalized. I consider name calling the refuge of those with intellectually weak arguments, and bullies. Bruce McFaul, Calgary - --- MAP posted-by: Matt