CANADA CAMPUS GOES UP IN SMOKE

As of Nov. 11, 2006, Canadian workers are allowed to smoke marijuana
in the workplace. Two professors have fought to get a special room
built into their respective colleges so they can smoke on campus for
medical reasons. The use of medical marijuana has give two professors
in Toronto the right to smoke pot in a specially ventilated room
"Where they can indulge in peace," says CNN.

The York University criminology professor Brian MacLean said, "Without
the medication, I am disabled and I'm not able to carry out
meaningful, valuable and productive work." He suffers from a sever
form of degenerative arthritis.

The other professor suffers from the same problem. "It helps me to
maintain my mobility as a physical problem, but it also helps me to
keep the pain at a distance so I can focus on my work," MacLean told
Reuters.

In my opinion, this is a very bad idea. If the professors can be
allowed to buy pot they could begin to redistribute it to the students
for a profit. This would allow the students to get pot on campus
without any punishment because they won't have it in their possession.
The professors who are allowed to carry it would have it.

If this temporary policy sticks, then it will inevitably spread and
doctors may start to prescribe weed to anyone with arthritis. This
way, Canada can have a more focused and productive work force, right!?

Robert Frohlich

Battle Creek