MARIJUANA PROHIBITION DIVISIVE, HYPOCRITICAL, COSTLY

Canadian citizens must stop a government from committing an
outrageous act that defies the intelligence and human rights of the
citizenry of Canada.

Marijuana has become part of our culture, and no amount of money for
prisons, police, prosecutors and punishment is going to change that.

Marijuana was outlawed early in the last century for the purpose of
oppressing minorities, and enforcement of its prohibition has
continued to serve that function.

Marijuana prohibition is utterly hypocritical. Both alcohol and
tobacco, despite their health risks, are available to adults in a
regulated taxed system.

Prohibition divides parents against teens, employers against
employees, doctors against patients and citizens against police.

Repeal marijuana prohibition and there will be no need for billions
of dollars to build prisons. Instead there will be billions of
dollars for health care, climate change and the national debt.

Judith Renaud

Executive Director,

Educators for Sensible Drug Policy,

Gibsons