Dear editor,

I went to go see Marc Emery speak at Concordia and I was very disappointed with what I heard. I support the decriminalization of marijuana so when I heard Emery's arguments in defence of this cause I couldn't help but cringe. I mean, come on, citing Genesis to make a case for marijuana is just silly. So the Bible doesn't explicitly prohibit the use of any plants. So what? What about poppies or coca shrubs? Should we apply Emery's logic to these cases and decriminalize opiates and cocaine for theological reasons? Clearly not!

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