Pubdate: Mon, 15 Sep 2014
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2014 Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact: http://www.edmontonsun.com/letter-to-editor
Website: http://www.edmontonsun.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n749/a11.html
Webpage: http://www.edmontonsun.com/2014/09/15/letters-sept-15
Author: Ross Reynolds
Page: 14
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.

POT, TOBACCO, BOOZE

Re "Trudeau defends pot legalization (Jessica Hume, Sept. 12): Public
Safety Minister Steve Blaney's comment that "unregulated, unlicensed
grow-ops in neighbourhoods will make drugs more accessible and put
kids at risk" describes perfectly the current situation.

Certainly there will be results available from the experiments in
cannabis regulation from the U.S. If legalization "is an irresponsible
policy that only puts dangerous drugs on our streets" one has to 
conclude the Conservatives will be banning those two other legal drugs, 
alcohol and tobacco imminently. Curious that it's just, well you know,
foreign drugs that are prohibited.

Ross Reynolds

(Legalizing booze and cigarettes didn't stop the health problems they
cause, nor end the problem of illegal cigarette smuggling. Neither
will legalizing pot.)
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MAP posted-by: Matt