POT HEADS ANXIOUS TO HEAR POLICE CHIEF TALK

Victoria-area pot activists are eagerly anticipating a visit from
retired Seattle police chief Norm Stamper, a leading advocate for the
reform of North America's drug laws.

Stamper, a 34-year veteran of the Seattle and San Diego police
departments, is scheduled to speak from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday in
the council chambers at Victoria city hall.

A member of the group Law enforcement Against Prohibition, Stamper
will "explore from the perspective of a police chief why the war on
drugs is doomed to fail," said an advisory from the Vancouver Island
Compassion Society.