LEGALIZING AN "ILLEGAL" DRUG

RE "LEGALIZING pot in Grit party plans? (Feb. 22): I have read the Letters
to the Editor section for many years and found interesting views. I have
also read the craziest stories in the Ottawa Sun, however this story is the
craziest I have ever read.

Delegates to the Liberal Party are meeting March 5 and 6 plan a bill to
legalize marijuana. They stated that if they tax the sales of marijuana
they might generate a revenue of about $3 billion each year. That could be
a good boost to the Canadian economy.

However, they also stated that they plan on using some of the taxed revenue
to educate youth against drug use, and also to help individuals who are
adversely affected by the use of said drug. Aren't they contradicting the
whole principle? I mean think about it.

By legalizing an "illegal" drug, you are promoting its use only to use that
revenue and educate people against its use. Where's the logic in that? It's
fine to legalize marijuana; it will reduce the crime rate in its own
department. I applaud it for that.

What I don't approve of, is to teach kids not to use pot by promoting its
use. Something to think about.

Marc Chretien

(Not that they seem terribly discouraged now ...)