Pubdate: Sun, 11 May 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: Harry D. Fisher
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk

AMERICAN THREATS A BLUFF

CANADA NEED not worry that the U.S. will impede the border traffic if 
Canada decriminalizes marijuana. That's all bluff. If there's anything that 
outweighs the drug warriors and their morality concerns, it's the power of 
American business and its money. It's beyond the reach of the Drug 
Enforcement Administration to interfere with the billions of dollars in 
cross-border trade that enrich Canadians and Americans alike. For all their 
chest-puffing and moralistic posturing, American politicians are keenly 
attuned to the economy of their constituencies and vigorously defend their 
businesses. Any attempt to cripple our own economy by hindering trade with 
Canada because of your marijuana laws is sure to boomerang into the drug 
warriors' faces. It will not help to put American workers out of jobs and 
cause businesses to fold because of the fanatical pursuit of a drug-free 
America that is unattainable.

Harry D. Fisher,

Woodland Hills, California

(All we know is we can't bring oranges across the border.)
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