News (Media Awareness Project) - Canada: PUB LTE: Robbery Not Like Soft Drugs |
| Title: | Canada: PUB LTE: Robbery Not Like Soft Drugs |
| Published On: | 1998-02-24 |
| Source: | Victoria Times-Colonist (Canada) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-07 15:04:50 |
Jim Taylor's column Feb. 12 likens bank robbery to soft drug use. About all
they have in common is being against the law.
Bank robbery is clearly not in the public interest. The laws against soft
drugs are what is not in the public interest, criminalizing substances
less harmful than nicotine or alcohol, and filling our courts and prisons.
J. McRee (Mac) Elrod
Victoria, Canada
they have in common is being against the law.
Bank robbery is clearly not in the public interest. The laws against soft
drugs are what is not in the public interest, criminalizing substances
less harmful than nicotine or alcohol, and filling our courts and prisons.
J. McRee (Mac) Elrod
Victoria, Canada
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