CRIME BILL TAKES WRONG APPROACH

To the Editor,

Re: Marijuana prohibition a bizarre, expensive approach, Guest
Comment, Dec. 17.

Christopher Foulds is right, the crime bill treats casual marijuana
users with more force than it treats perverts.

Meanwhile, Health Canada's proposed changes in conjunction with Bill
C-10 clause, its amended clause 41 and its mandatory minimum
penalties (the Safe Streets and Communities Act) will result in sick
and dying Canadians who refuse to relinquish their Personal
Production Licence and Designated Growers being targeted and jailed.

It's an even more bizarre world when the Conservatives' ideologically
implemented legislation makes criminals of sick and dying Canadians,
while effectively insulating organized drug kingpins, but that's
precisely what the Safe Streets and Communities Act will accomplish.

Moreover, the Safe Streets and Communities Act does nothing to
circumvent youth access.

Wayne Phillips

Hamilton Ont.