CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT NO BETTER THAN HOLOCAUST DENIERS

Re "Prohibitionists no better than Holocaust deniers?" (Dec. 29): A
Holocaust denier is someone who refuses to admit that the Nazis killed
six million people, despite overwhelming evidence to prove that it
did, in fact, happen. The notion is regarded to be about as sensible
as asserting that the Earth is flat.

When it comes to the topic of drug prohibition vs. regulation, this
Conservative government is literally no better than Holocaust deniers.
The Tories, police, churches, and anyone else who supports drug
prohibition, are refusing to admit to the solid, indisputable truth:
Like alcohol prohibition in the last century, drug prohibition is a
colossal failure. It subsidizes gangsters, costs a fortune, and
increases danger.

Stephen Harper, Vic Toews, Stockwell Day, and most of the top brass of
Canadian law enforcement are either so blinded by religious or
quasi-moralistic ideologies that they refuse to see the facts, or they
are deliberately misleading and endangering the Canadian public.
Either way, they are a clear and present danger to our safety, and
they have got to go. And so do these gangster-subsidizing prohibition
laws.

Russell Barth

(Drugs pose one of the greatest threats to society)