KEEPING BONGS HIDDEN IS OK BUT BANNING THEM IS WRONG

The Editor,

Re: "City wants bongs out of shop windows," the Now, March 31.

As a federally licensed medical marijuana user who is also married to
one, I would say that asking shops to keep bongs and pipes out of
plain view and away from kids, is commendable and reasonable.

But banning the devices is unconscionable because they are medical
assistive devices, not only for the licensed medical users like my
wife and I, but for the thousands of medical users who can't get a
licence because of the onerous and dysfunctional Health Canada licence
program.

But then, discrimination against medical pot users seems to be the
standard in this country, not the exception.

Russell Barth

Nepean, Ont.