Pubdate: Thu, 29 Aug 2002
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Copyright: 2002 The Calgary Sun
Contact:  http://www.fyicalgary.com/calsun.shtml
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67
Author: Alan Randell
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1599/a07.html

PROHIBITION TO BLAME

Re: "Agonizing tale," Aug. 28 What a load of crap. Children only become
involved in selling drugs if the drugs in question are banned. When was the
last time you saw a kid hawking cigarettes or booze on the street? Drug
prohibition is a cynical Hitler-like program implemented by our government
to distract attention away from failures on other areas and to grant a
measure of vicarious pleasure to the white and the non-poor by persecuting
the non-white and the poor.

Alan Randell

(Surely you're not advocating legalizing crack cocaine?)
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