POTHEADS MAY NOT HAVE THOUGHT THIS ONE THROUGH

It seems that every time we carry any kind of drug awareness article
in the paper we receive a flood of letters to the editor from people
keen to tell us that drugs aren't so bad at all.

There seems to be a group of people who spend their lives combing the
Internet looking for such stories as an opportunity to argue their
case that marijuana should be legalized.

That's fine. The letters page is a place for people to voice their
opinions and as long as the letters are signed and refer specifically
to a story in The Western Review we'll continue to run them. What's
puzzling though is the degree of criticism a large number of these
letter writers level at the police.

Now you can think what you want about whether or not marijuana should
be legal. But surely no matter how much pot you've smoked you can
figure this one out. The police are there to enforce the law. There
are no ifs ands or buts to that statement. And as long as cannabis
remains illegal in this country the RCMP should continue to arrest
and prosecute the offenders.

If Canada's drug laws are as ill conceived as some would have us
believe it's a problem for the politicians to deal with. Blaming the
police for carrying out what is simply a very small part of the
extremely difficult job they are paid to do is as foolish as it is pointless.