Pubdate: Wed, 16 Dec 2015
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2015 Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact: http://www.edmontonsun.com/letter-to-editor
Website: http://www.edmontonsun.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Wayne Hilborn
Page: 14
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.

LEGALIZE POT

Every day the Liberals delay weed legalization is murder. Legalizing 
pot will save thousands of Canadian lives. Some are quick to point 
out that weed traffic fatalities in Colorado have increased 
(obviously), but what statistic really matters is that there is 25% 
fewer overall traffic fatalities. To translate into Canadian, we now 
have four traffic fatalities a day from substance abuse. If weed 
legalization in Canada has a similar effect, then substance traffic 
fatalities should also fall by 25%. This means we should save one 
Canadian life a day through legalization. Even if we divided their 
"luck" by 30, we would still save someone every month. Delaying 
legalization is murder. True story. True stats.

Wayne Hilborn

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(Yes, but when looking at statistics you have to be aware of the 
difference between causation and correlation.)
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom