Pubdate: Thu, 11 Aug 2016
Source: NOW Magazine (CN ON)
Copyright: 2016 NOW Communications Inc.
Contact:  http://www.nowtoronto.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/282
Author: Derek Snider
Page: 6

STILL IN THE DARK AGES ON MARIJUANA

I understand the need to proceed with caution on marijuana
legalization (NOW, August 3), but we passed that point more than 40
years ago. In 1972, the Le Dain Commission recommended cannabis be
legalized and governed similar to alcohol. In 2002, 30 years later,
the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs recommended a
"regulatory approach to cannabis," and now we are told that in 2017 we
will finally have a plan for legalization. Being cautious is one
thing; taking almost half a century to take a step forward is
ludicrous. Cannabis should be legal and regulated similar to tobacco
and alcohol.

Derek Snider
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