Pubdate: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB) Copyright: 2009 Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.edmontonsun.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135 Author: Dave Lane Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk. Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n661/a06.html WHY REDFORD SUPPORTS PROHIBITION Either Justice Minister Alison Redford does not trust the public's judgment ("Want us to take drugs seriously? Stop lying to us," June 28), as you state, or she sees potential profit by keeping the drug war alive. A lot of people are making money off the prison industrial complex, and mandated treatment facilities that are parasitic outgrowths of prohibition. When Redford supports prohibition as strongly as she does, you need to look deeper for why. Dave Lane (It's either political or dumb, but likely little else.) - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom