WELL-MEANING, BUT MISINFORMED

I'm sure RCMP Const. Dave Higgs means well (Students Learn Drug
Lesson, Dec. 11, 2007). However one substance on the list he talked
extensively about was out of place, if truth be told.

Cannabis (marijuana) is a plant, not a drug, and it is safer than
alcohol especially compared to whiskey, less addictive than coffee
and hasn't killed one person in over 5,000 years of documented use
while cigarettes kill over 1,000 North Americans daily.

In fact, the most dangerous side effect of cannabis is being caged
for using it by RCMP Const. Dave Higgs.

Cannabis should be re-legalized for responsible adults. Even Canada's
2002 Senate Committee on Illegal Drugs unanimously recommended to
regulate cannabis (marijuana) the same way as alcohol.

Further, there is a very real danger in teaching children to stay
away from drugs and teaching lies, half truths and propaganda.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo.