Those quoted in Louise Brown's column, "Growing Pains" (Feb 16), still insist, despite every reputable study's contrary findings and which studies one might reasonably expect such dedicated professionals to have read, that marijuana "is the stepping stone to harder chemicals" or that it is "addictive."

It is perhaps to be expected that those whose livelihoods depend on maintaining an aura of danger around the dried flower that is cannabis would panic, when with every passing day it becomes clearer that Canadians have lost all patience with our country's absurd and draconian drug laws.

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