Pubdate: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 Source: Record, The (Kitchener, CN ON) Copyright: 2014 Metroland Media Group Ltd. Contact: http://www.therecord.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/225 Author: Jim McIlwham Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n797/a02.html?1097 WAR ON DRUGS A FAILURE Pot should be legalized, addiction centre says - Oct. 9 What do the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, NORML Canada and more than half of Canadian citizens have in common? All call for the legalization or decriminalization of marijuana. The war on drugs is a war against our friends, our families, our children, and in very large numbers, against ourselves. It is a costly, abject failure. It's time to do what is right, and if Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government can't see that, we will elect those who do. Jim McIlwham Waterloo - --- MAP posted-by: Richard