Pubdate: Tue, 05 Jul 2016
Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
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Author: Joanna Anderson
Page: A10

REALITY HIT

Re Ban Pot For Young Canadians? Time for A Reality Hit (July 4): My
family lost a son/brother due to a stoned driver. I am alarmed by the
growth in drug-impaired driving in American states that have legalized
marijuana; not that I didn't expect it. To choose to impair one's
brain, and then expect to make reasoned judgments, is foolish at best,
and criminally irresponsible at worst.

Individual recreational preferences must not override the safety of
the public, or the health and welfare of young Canadians. Young people
do not have an inherent right to get high. I wish I could take every
marijuana smoker into the ICU room of a person injured by someone
else's stoned behaviour, and show them what unintended consequences
look like.

Joanna Anderson,

Burlington, Ont.
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