Pubdate: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2014 Postmedia Network Inc. Contact: http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/letters.html Website: http://www.theprovince.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Author: Barbara Ewart Page: A19 FLAWS IN SLUR CAMPAIGN Unfortunately, it would seem the Conservatives have taken a page from their U.S. counterparts, opting for lies and innuendo against Justin Trudeau and bolster credence for their archaic anti-marijuana stance. To ask the CMA and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons to allow their good name to be associated with what amounts to a slur campaign against Trudeau would be a huge tactical error. The truth of how Trudeau conceives the implementation of the sale and regulation of marijuana flies in the face of the butchered sound bites and faulty innuendoes the Conservatives want to use. It will backfire on Stephen Harper's Tories at the polls. They're already afraid of him, but painting Trudeau as an advocate for pot use by kids would surely be the Conservative death knell. Barbara Ewart, Maple Ridge - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom