HAS THE TIME COME TO END POT PROHIBITION?

Re: Ex-mayors call for end to pot prohibition, Nov. 24

So the ex-mayors of Vancouver want to legalize marijuana?

What have they been smoking?

Perhaps they could answer the following questions, in the context of
driving of automobiles:

1. Does marijuana cause impairment?

2. Is there, at this point, a defined level of impairment (like the
alcohol 0.05 measurement)?

3. Is there a quick and reliable testing procedure to determine the
level of impairment?

4. Would someone who has been drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana,
and below the impairment level for either, be impaired by the
combination of both?

While the answer to No. 1 is yes, I would bet that the other
questions remain unanswered.

The MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) people, who have been so
successful in bringing alcohol and driving to the general discussion,
must be fairly upset that these former mayors want to add another
drug to the equation.

In addition, it is a somewhat specious argument to equate smoking
tobacco with smoking marijuana. There haven't been many reported
accidents involving smoking tobacco.

Keith Morrison

Vancouver