LEGALIZE MARIJUANA, REAP TAX BENEFITS

As I see it, the Lower Mainland gangs are bumping each other off and
saving the taxpayers a lot of money. When will a politician, any
politician, have the backbone to stand up and demand that the
government legalize marijuana? It could be sold in government liquor
stores and the tax benefits would be enormous. Let's keep the money
out of the hands of the gangsters (anybody remember Al Capone?) and
put it where it belongs -- health care and child welfare, not to
mention paying off the coming Olympic debt.

I'm a retired person and don't smoke the stuff myself, but I've never
heard of anyone beating their children, abusing their wife or
committing murder while under the influence of marijuana. Too bad the
same can't be said for the stuff legally sold in liquor stores.

Jacquelyn Ross

Coombs