Pubdate: Wed, 06 Aug 2003
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2003, Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact:  http://www.fyiedmonton.com/htdocs/edmsun.shtml
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Gary Gall
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1164/a06.html
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)

SEPARATE HARD DRUGS FROM MARIJUANA

I AM responding to the Saturday, Aug. 2, piece about marijuana being laced 
with meth. This is why Holland changed their drug laws in the mid-1970s. It 
is called harm reduction. It separates the hard drugs from marijuana. Lo 
and behold, it works. Drug use in Holland is half that in the U.S. Most of 
Europe has seen the results and is following Holland's way. During alcohol 
prohibition, lots of people died from bathtub gin. The only way to keep 
this from not happening in the future is to make it legal. Marijuana should 
be treated just like alcohol.

Gary Gall

Cambria, California

(How will this stop dealers from putting meth in marijuana to get
people hooked?)
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