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Nanaimo Daily News, 08 Jun 2011 - Re: 'Proposed crime laws aim for traffickers, not users' (Daily News, June 4) Letter-writer James Corder is apparently willing to gobble up government talking points about the proposed crime bills. Tousaw, KirkNanaimo Daily NewsTousaw, Kirk (Author)2011-06-08CN BC: PUB LTE: RCMP Can Check Licence Status Of Growers
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Cowichan Valley Citizen, 25 Feb 2011 - The RCMP's suggestion that its members don't know who has a medical cannabis production licence until they are at the door with a warrant is false. For years police have been able to, and regularly do, call a 24 hour hotline operated by Health Canada to check licence status on a person or residence. Tousaw, KirkCowichan Valley CitizenTousaw, Kirk (Author)2011-02-25CN BC: PUB LTE: Regulate Cannabis
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Surrey Leader, 14 May 2010 - Re: "Surrey grow-op tactics not for us," The Leader, May 7. Criminologist Daryl Plecas has been a paid shill for the RCMP. Any "study" he conducts should be taken with a grain of salt. That aside, of course any decrease in cannabis production in Surrey is compensated for elsewhere - that is basic supply and demand. Tousaw, KirkSurrey LeaderTousaw, Kirk (Author)2010-05-14CN BC: PUB LTE: Harm Reduction Efforts Work, Prohibition Of
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Nanaimo News Bulletin, 06 Apr 2010 - Re: Addressing addiction requires discussion, Letters, April 1. Brian Blood thinks harm reduction measures are a waste of money because they don't reduce drug use, property crime or prostitution. He is wrong on the facts and wrong about the goal of harm reduction. Tousaw, KirkNanaimo News BulletinTousaw, Kirk (Author)2010-04-06CN BC: PUB LTE: Definitive Case For Legal, Regulated Markets
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Vancouver Sun, 03 Apr 2010 - Colin Maugham, shill for the multibillion-dollar prohibition industry, says drug prohibition should be kept because we have lowered cigarette smoking rates and criminals will be criminals ( Letters, March 29). Is he aware that cigarettes are legal? If they weren't, you can be sure their sale would provide gangs with additional billions. Cigarettes are the paradigmatic case for legal, regulated markets. Although dangerous, they are sold by legitimate businesspeople to adults in a tightly controlled market, with extra taxation used to defray the known health care costs. Tousaw, KirkVancouver SunTousaw, Kirk (Author)2010-04-04CN AB: PUB LTE: Saving Lives
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Calgary Herald, 07 Mar 2010 - Re: "Insite doesn't do enough to change addicts," Susan Martinuk, Opinion, March 5. Susan Martinuk seems to think the point of harm reduction strategies like Insite is to "change addicts" into, presumably, non-addicts. She misses the point entirely and, again, posits a false choice between harm reduction and treatment. Insite is there to save lives and prevent the spread of disease. It achieves those goals remarkably well. As a tangential benefit, but not a goal, it also provides addicts with contact with social services, including treatment options. It does that remarkably well, also. Tousaw, KirkCalgary HeraldTousaw, Kirk (Author)2010-03-08CN BC: PUB LTE: The Fire Chief Is Wrong On Both Counts
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Ladysmith Chronicle, 02 Feb 2010 - The fire chief wants to decrease the risk from legal "grow-ops" and thinks that disclosing the locations will do it. He is wrong on both counts. First, the idea that growing this plant is somehow inherently risky is false - pure grow-opaganda. Cannabis is just as safe to grow as tomatoes if done properly. Tousaw, KirkLadysmith ChronicleTousaw, Kirk (Author)2010-02-04CN BC: PUB LTE: Only Sensible Approach To Pot Is To Legalize It
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Nanaimo Daily News, 11 Jan 2010 - Re: 'Paul Walton: Canada's pot conundrum ' (Daily News, Jan. 5) Paul Walton says that people that want to end marijuana prohibition should "get a life." In fact, we want to save lives. Tousaw, KirkNanaimo Daily NewsTousaw, Kirk (Author)2010-01-11CN BC: PUB LTE: Marijuana Use Is Safer Than Drinking Alcohol
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Nanaimo Daily News, 05 Jan 2010 - Re: 'Pot growers, sellers are breaking the law' (Daily News, Jan. 2) Susan Schleppe's letter about jail sentences for growing marijuana was so ill informed and illogical that I hardly know where to start. Tousaw, KirkNanaimo Daily NewsTousaw, Kirk (Author)2010-01-09More Headlines
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