OUTLAWING MARIJUANA DOESN'T WORK

So it begins. Blood has been spilled in the marijuana war (Gazette, March
4, "Lone gunman takes his own life after slaying RCMP officers").

I think every Canadian should look in the mirror right now and ask why four
of Canada's finest have just died in our service. The only two ways to
prevent this in the future is to stop the use of marijuana or to legalize it.

We have tried to stop the use for more than a generation and have achieved
the opposite. I think Canada is now mature enough to regulate the sale and
use of marijuana safely and effectively. So everybody wake up. People's
lives are in our hands.

Tyson Campbell

Calgary