PLEA TO LEGALIZE CANNIBIS

The article states there are 200 physicians who support authorization
of medical marijuana.

Where are they?

I know many people who have been trying for years to get a Health
Canada permit, but can't find a physician to sign for them. When a
person is sick or in pain, they should have the right to choose their
own medicine. This is Canada, not some dictatorship.

Do not be misled. The gateway drug is not alcohol or cannabis. Other
than medical reasons, I do not know of one single person who uses or
has used cannabis who did not start with good old booze. Take it from
a 65-year-old working-class Canadian who has been around these drugs
all my life.

I do not smoke cannabis and have never smoked cigarettes, but I
certainly defend the right of a person in need to use cannabis.

If we go on letting our children think sickness, death and
destruction that is caused by alcohol and cigarettes is OK, how can
we be so naive to think our children are not smart enough to come to
the conclusion that maybe cannabis is the better choice.

With one stroke of a pen, our government could make cannabis subject
to the same laws that apply to alcohol and tobacco.

Eliminating outrageous profits would eliminate criminal activity.
There would be no more criminal records for Canadians who use
cannabis. And last but not least, the millions and millions of wasted
dollars spent by taxpayers chasing, catching, prosecuting and
sometimes even jailing people who use cannabis could now be put to
good use going after the hard and dangerous drugs that are seriously
harming our young people.

I know it would not be quite this simple, but it would be a good
start in the right direction.

Remember, alcohol prohibition failed and failed miserably.

Bert Ball