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News (Media Awareness Project) - CN SN: PUB LTE: Marijuana Laws Are Offensive
Title:CN SN: PUB LTE: Marijuana Laws Are Offensive
Published On:2010-04-16
Source:Regina Leader-Post (CN SN)
Fetched On:2010-04-20 19:47:25
MARIJUANA LAWS ARE OFFENSIVE

In the March 31 article, "Prison term begins; Jason Ng admits to pot
production" you start by saying "In most facets of his life, Jason Ng
was a productive, upstanding citizen" and go on to imply that by
growing marijuana he somehow made himself less than a productive,
upstanding citizen.

It's sad enough that Ng apologized even though he had done nothing
wrong. Since a majority of Canadians want marijuana legalized, the
continuation of marijuana prohibition is a crime against democracy.

The fact that a majority of Canadians oppose the law should be
mentioned in every article like this, because without that context,
you are helping the law enforcement community continue the false
pretext that people who grow, sell or use marijuana are actually the
criminals, when it is, in fact, law enforcement and criminally
collusive political parties who are committing a crime against all
Canadians by keeping these laws in place.

Daniel Johnson

Johnson is Saskatchewan director of the National Organization for the
Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML).

Regina
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