DEBATING THE WAR ON POT

Many awe-inspiring kudos to the National Post for an outstanding
editorial. I am a retired law enforcement officer and a legally
licensed cannabis patient in Canada for the indication of chronic
progressive multiple sclerosis and an excruciating pain in my face 24
hours a day associated with MS called Tic Douloureux.

Prime Minister Harper needs a big lesson in drug law reform and
compassion. The more dangerous the drug, the more it needs to be off
the streets and away from our children. Legalization and regulation of
all drugs are the only answer. If we remove the penalties which only
incarcerate and jail drug users, and instead offer them education and
treatment and safe injection sites, we will see a dramatic decline in
those who choose to imbibe and overdoses would become non-existent.
This plan will work. Drugs are a health issue and should only be
treated as such.

Legalize and regulate all drugs in order to keep our streets safe and
our children from being in charge of these dangerous and deadly
substances, and to keep our chronically and critically ill off of the
streets in search of their medicine. All of our lives depend on it.

Alison Myrden, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Burlington, Ont.