THOSE WHO WANT POT, DO POT

David Molinski's March 8 letter (Legal pot won't work) suggests that
legalizing pot would lead to a significant increase in the number of
impaired drivers on Canadian roads and streets. This is a fallacious
argument as it makes the assumption that legalized pot will
undoubtedly see an increase in marijuana consumption.

It is apparent that anyone who chooses to smoke marijuana already does
so regardless of the law as it stands and those who choose not to
smoke pot do so for personal reasons; not because it is illegal. So
why would anything be different when pot becomes legal?

Steve Connell

Edmonton

(Potential users do abstain because they're afraid or unwilling to
break the law, and in some cases because they can't find any.)