Pubdate: Fri, 05 Sep 2008
Source: Daily Press, The (CN ON)
Copyright: 2008 Daily Press (CN ON)
Contact:  http://www.timminspress.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1001
Author: Russell Barth

GOVERNMENT PART OF THE REAL COUNTERCULTURE

RE: The movie review, Ride the 'Pineapple Express.'

What I find absurd is that Canadians will pay money to see a Hollywood
film that celebrates marijuana use, starring a Canadian actor.

Canadians consume more pot than anyone in the world, and meanwhile,
tens of thousands of Canadians (teens and young adults, mostly) are
getting criminal records each year for simple possession.

Recent science out of Germany shows how cannabinoids stimulate the
body's production of TIMP-1, which helps healthy cells resist cancer
invasion.

It seems like the police, government, and judiciary are the real
counterculture in Canada.

RUSSELL BARTH

Patients Against Ignorance and Discrimination on Cannabis
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