UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

Re: Up In Smoke, Philip Slayton, July 27.

Mr. Slayton's musings about the use of marijuana in Canada are
remarkably superficial. Decriminalizing marijuana would imply
decriminalization of the variety of drugs with which marijuana is
often found to be infused. Methamphetamine is fairly a common one,
but Ecstasy, LSD and PCP are among the many other drugs marijuana is
sometimes laced with.

The flaw in Mr. Slayton's plan is the same one that dogs the steps of
so many who would draft or change laws based on conclusions drawn
from superficial analyses and/or tunnel vision: unintended
consequences that are potentially horrific.

Ken Lane

Victoria, B.C.