EVIDENCE LACKING FOR MARIJUANA IMPAIRMENT

Dear Editor,

There is no evidence to prove that marijuana impairs everyone who
uses it, that there are more car crashes because of the use of
marijuana, or that there is a valid reason to allow this new affront
to our civil rights and liberties [One in five admit to driving
impaired, Dec. 19, Langley Advance].

But then, Tories always govern with their ideology, and care nothing
about facts and science or proof. They even boast about it! Since the
police get caught in lies and exaggerations about marijuana on an
almost daily basis, it is tough to believe a word that they say about
anything any more.

It may or may not be true that marijuana is causing more accidents,
but police need to prove that before we give them sweeping new powers
to profile young people, people of colour, and those who sport
non-regulation haircuts.

Russell Barth

Ottawa