Pubdate: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 Source: Winnipeg Sun (CN MB) Copyright: 2017 Canoe Limited Partnership Contact: http://www.winnipegsun.com/letter-to-editor Website: http://www.winnipegsun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/503 Author: Chris Buors Page: 10 Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor. HIGH ON LIFE Jim Warren should have told us what age he figures is old enough to join the army to kill and die for your country if he figures the government should be protecting children from cannabis until they are 21. I figure if you're old enough to kill or die for your country, you're old enough to engage in vices. Governments were never intended to protect children from adult vices. It is the duty of parents to instill ethics and morals in their children, not the state. Parents protect children from every other danger in their universe like household electricity, dangerous chemicals under the sink and medicines in the household, not to mention firearms so why can't parents protect their children from cannabis? The day of government lies to control our drugs is done. Cannabis never was a danger and is not a danger today even for drivers. We do have Chapter 8 of the Nolan Senate Special Committee on Illegal drugs to inform our opinions. Drivers high on cannabis are safer than those high on life was the conclusion so why any penalty at all? Chris Buors - --------------------------------- Pot impairs judgement and ability, so we'd rather there be penalties for smokin' and drivin'. - --- MAP posted-by: Matt