Pubdate: Sun, 06 Nov 2016
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Copyright: 2016 The Calgary Sun
Contact: http://www.calgarysun.com/letter-to-editor
Website: http://www.calgarysun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67
Author: Heather Marie Inouye
Page: 18
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.

EASY ON THE WEED

Hello again. In regards to Kathleen Ganley's trip to Colarodo and her
opinion that marijuana needs to be heavily regulated. Of course she
feels that way, the more tightly we regulate, the bigger government
has to be to manage the regulations. That's the way the Left operates.
Always has been.

It's my humble opinion that decriminalized marijuana would be more cost 
effective for taxpayers. The only policing needed would be to ensure 
dealers report their earnings. Not saying that's easy, just requires a 
lot less government. Consider for a moment, a brand new tax windfall, 
with no regulatory requirements and therefore no need to balloon the 
government watchdogs. Pot smokers - medical and casual - are about to be 
hosed in my opinion, all in the name of regulation.

PS: Pot isn't a dangerous drug. It's a medicine, for a thousand plus 
years. Zero deaths have ever been attributed to marijuana use alone.

Heather Marie Inouye

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(Sorry, marijuana legalization must be regulated.)
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