DRUG CZAR LIVING A LIE

Re: High praise for war on drugs (Jorge Barrera, Feb. 23).

John Walters is living a lie when he talks about pot being addictive.
No credible medical study to date has found marijuana to be anything
but mildly psychologically addictive, and certainly nowhere near as
addictive as legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco.

When John Walters talks about marijuana addiction, he is referring to
the choice that Americans are often given when arrested for
possession: face a stiff punishment, often years in jail, or admit to
being "addicted" and ask for rehab. Obviously, most opt for
"treatment" in order to avoid criminal sanction, which is often
harsher than that given to rapists and murderers, and John Walters
gets another admitted "addict" to bolster his ridiculous claims.

Bob Tessier

Winnipeg

Must have been the B.C. bud.