I was pleased to see the folly and hypocrisy of Canada's drug laws so
thoroughly underscored in Peter March's column.

Wilson Hodder's stand on medical marijuana is courageous and
inspirational - the only question is, what will the Halifax police do?

It is not for them to judge when to apply the law. So, now that they
know that the chair of the Aids Coalition is publicly flouting the
law, will they arrest him for carrying marijuana around, or will they
be forced to selectively enforce the law to avoid being in the
ridiculous situation of using police resources to harass medical
patients for possessing the medicine that doctors all over the world
are telling them to take?

Any law that must be so selectively enforced is a travesty. I hope
Chris Clay wins his constitutional challenge of these laws, so that
the millions of dollars that police spend investigating an herb can
instead be applied to real crimes. Fully two thirds of Canadians think
it's about time lawmakers end the senseless, wasteful prohibition of
cannabis.

Chris Donald
Halifax