Pubdate: Wed, 01 Jan 2014 Source: Maple Ridge News (CN BC) Copyright: 2014 Michael Prinsloo Contact: http://www.mapleridgenews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1328 Author: Michael Prinsloo Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n609/a03.html?1189 Cited: Sensible BC: http://www.sensiblebc.ca 'NOT SENSIBLE' Editor, The News: Re: 'Because it would be legal (Letters, Dec. 18). Well done, Garnett Schneider, or your sensible response. I will not sign the SensibleBC petition, either, because it is not sensible. I am glad the majority of Canadians agree. I hear the same old over-used rhetoric about marijuana use declining if it was legalized and all the financial benefits. All this is baseless speculation. When they had prohibition in the U.S., and then it was lifted, alcohol use did not go down. If marijuana is decriminalized, where will the user find the money to buy it legally, if he did not have the money when it was still illegal? If that person was unemployed and resorted to crime to fuel his habit, how does the decriminalization benefit him? If the price drops, he can just consume more. Is marijuana smoke less harmful than cigarette smoke? Why do we want to legalize something that is bad for the user as well as non-smokers? I know people are already smoking pot, but we don't need an increase in smokers, cigarettes or marijuana. Michael Prinsloo Maple Ridge - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D