Pubdate: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 Source: Ottawa Sun (CN ON) Copyright: 2014 Canoe Limited Partnership Contact: http://www.ottawasun.com/letter-to-editor Website: http://www.ottawasun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/329 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n019/a09.html Author: Stan White Note: Parenthetical remark by editor POT PRODUCTION Cannabis (marijuana) prohibition is one of North America's worst policy failures in history (Canada's Pot Luck, Jan. 6, 2014), there's no legitimate reason for Canada to continue it for another day. Cannabis prohibition produces, underground markets, cartels, increased hard drug addiction rates, contempt for drug laws, eroded constitutional rights, loss of freedom, escalated prison populations, corrupt politicians, race discrimination, trillions of dollars in wasted taxes and the list is growing faster than the plant itself. The sooner Canada ends cannabis prohibition the sooner the sky will stop falling in. A sane argument to continue cannabis prohibition doesn't exist. Stan White, Via Ottawasun.com (There are lots of arguments as to why there should be limits on pot) - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom