Pubdate: Sat, 18 Sep 2004
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2004, Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact:  http://www.canoe.com/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Ronald Walker
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1311/a07.html

LEGALIZE IT, TAX IT

RE: SEPT. 14 Mailbag. Carl Willcox equates cannabis use with bank
robbery, murder and rape. Carl is caught in a time warp, still
existing in the reefer-madness era.The year is now 2004, and the
negative myths and stereotypes surrounding the use of this plant still
abound. Prohibition is a failure and always will be. Our police
services can be put to better use than busting grow-ops and users.
Legalize it, tax it, use the money currently being used on futile
prohibition for honest drug education and the development of a test
that can detect drivers impaired by pot.

Ronald Walker

(We said it was a contentious topic.) 
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