HARPER PLANS TO JAIL THOSE WHO USE MARIJUANA

Re:

I write in response to the news that charges have been dropped
against one suspect in Guelph's medical marijuana club bust.

This pogrom against sick people and their caregivers is just the
beginning. When, not if, Stephen Harper gets his majority government
- - and with low voter turnout and the wide splitting of the vote on
the left will that will likely make a Harper majority inevitable -
the medical marijuana office at Health Canada will be shut down, the
RCMP will be told to round up all soon-to-be-former-licence-holders,
and we will all be put into one of the 12 new jails he will build
specifically for the purpose of housing pot people.

If this sounds like an exaggeration, just ask a Harperite. Ask any
MP, or candidate what the Harper plan for marijuana users is, and
they will answer with one word: jail. The government has violated and
ignored court rulings. It deliberately underfunds and understaffed
the medical marijuana offices causing outrageous delays, and uses tax
dollars to lie to the public about the "dangers" of pot use. So don't
think they are above rounding up 5,000 sick people. They wouldn't
only do it, they would boast about it to their myopic,
punishment-happy voter base.

I extend my thanks to the people of Canada - in advance - for helping
Harper put me and thousands of other sick and dying Canadians into
jail. Your voting, or failure to do so, has assured that I will not
be free much longer.

Russell Barth

Federally Licensed Medical Marijuana User

Drug Reform Analyst and Consultant

Educators for Sensible Drug Policy