CANADA MAY BE GOING TO POT

In regard to your June 10 Asides "Canada Shows the Way":

You're right. Canada is showing the way--on more than just taxes. In April,
for example, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police came out in favor
of decriminalizing minor marijuana offenses. In May, the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police said they "fully support" the chiefs' position.

Then, Canada's House of Commons passed (by an overwhelming 204-20 margin) a
motion urging the government to "take steps" to approve medical marijuana.

And last week, the Health Minister issued guidelines for a series of
medical marijuana clinical trials as well as plans to grow and import
marijuana for medical purposes--after authorizing two patients to grow and
possess their own pot.

Maybe Canada, not California, is becoming the bellwether of change.

Paul H. Kuhn
Nashville, Tenn.