TORY POT PROPOSALS MAKE NO SENSE

To The Editor:

Re: Atamanenko decries Conservative crime bill

"...and doesn't address the problems of organized crime."

The only way we can effectively undermine organized crime is by
legalizing and regulating their commodities. This bill should be
called a gangster-subsidization bill because increasing penalties
will simply increase the power and profit of the 95 per cent of
dealer who will never be caught.

The Cons are also trying to impose a US style-for-profit prison
system onto Canada. This mandatory minimum sentencing policy has
been wildly successful in the US - crime has increased, civil
liberties have been curtailed, the public is more frightened, and a
handful of jail-owners are getting obscenely wealthy. That is what
Stephen Harper wants for Canada.

Russell Barth

Federally Licensed Medical Marijuana User Drug Reform Analyst and
Consultant Educators for Sensible Drug Policy