Pubdate: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 Source: Guardian, The (CN PI) Copyright: 2018 The Guardian, Charlottetown Guardian Group Incorporated Contact: http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/174 Author: Ralph MacDonald Page: A8 BOOTLEGGING BETTER OPTION Recently I watched on TV the story of a recovering drug addict. The turmoil this person had endured was a terrible saga of what an addict goes through and the difficult road to a life of depending on drugs to get through your days. Watching this story brought to mind the marijuana issue that we are about to embark upon in Canada. I am surprised there are not more organizations speaking out against this drug and all the adverse effects this will have on our peoples. I know, you're saying, "why speak out, they (the government) will do it anyway," but when we don't demonstrate we're really giving it a blessing. I believe bootlegging the drug is better than legalizing it because when we legalize it we're giving a green light. If you think we're keeping our law enforcement busy with this substance as of now just think how busy they'll be once everybody has easy access to obtaining it. It will be legal to buy it but not legal to use it in public. Prohibition was not governed properly, will this drug be governed at all? Ralph MacDonald, Borden-Carleton - --- MAP posted-by: Matt