SENATORS AND ANTI-PROHIBITIONISTS TAKE MINISTER TO TASK

Re: Senate delay on drug bill risks lives: Justice minister, July 23:

Nicholson is misleading the public again. The Senate hasn't stalled
Bill C-15; it immediately passed it to the next phase. The bill has to
go to committee before it can be passed, and when it is debated in
committee it will likely be exposed for the sham it is.

Recent stats show that crime has declined but, having no economic,
environmental, foreign-policy or social plans, the Conservatives are
using hyped-up crime to pander to their myopic, punishment-happy voter
base.

Bill C-15 was designed to increase crime. Mandatory sentences will
scare off the mom-and-pop pot growers. With the little guys out of the
game, the big guys will get more business and profit. This will lead
to more violence, which the police and government will use as
justification for more draconian laws and more cops with bigger
budgets. The whole thing is a scam. The media-addled public is being
duped once again.

Russell Barth

Patients Against Ignorance and Discrimination on Cannabis,

Nepean, Ont.