To the editor:

Re: Want to see criminal dope proceeds go up in smoke? Jeff Mitchell column, April 7.

Although legalizing marijuana might be an appealing answer, it is not the right one.

The Liberal government was right in developing decriminalization legislation. Why? To think that legalizing the drug for everyone will cut out the middleman makes just as much sense as saying that minimum wages will create more jobs.

The opposite is true for both.

Legalizing marijuana will allow more people to become middlemen in the pursuit of profit; minimum wage acts as a ceiling floor limiting employment.

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