CURRENT POT LEGISLATION IS LAW MINUS DISCUSSION

To the Editor,

Of course the first part of the editorial is true. Our society needs
a real plan, not some last century racist crusader's ill-conceived
and hijacked into existence legislation, designed to oppress certain people.

The article wanders into well-worn, untrue, prohibitionist rhetoric
at the end when the words "mind ravaging drug" are used. There is no
evidence that marijuana is any more dangerous than alcohol, but safer.

The entire eight-decade debacle and growth of organized crime, social
disorder and danger to Canadians was due in the first place to the
abdication of their duty to the citizens who elected these
representatives to make good laws. There was not a word of discussion
or debate. It was just a "great political idea" snuck in under the
radar screen. Much like Harper's quick end run around the Bloc, it
was one person's "great solution" to a non-existent problem.

Klaus Kaczor

Vancouver