DEBATING THE WAR ON POT

I was very disappointed to read this editorial. When a newspaper with
as much influence as yours prints an editorial like this, a child at
school will use it to justify smoking pot. Marijuana is not a
victimless crime. Although Canada has much more resources per capita,
why is our GDP per capita so much lower than the United States? I
think our lax attitudes about marijuana are part of the problem. Being
high, Canadians do not think about who they are voting for. As a
result, we do not get the government we could. How much Quebec
separatism and similar delusional ideas are fuelled by marijuana
consumption?

Canada, get off the pot. There is a world out there.

John A. Matheson, Toronto.