COMMON SENSE HAS GONE TO POT

Has everyone forgotten that the reason marijuana is illegal in Canada is
quite straightforward? In The Black Candle, Emily Murphy's 1922 Report for
the Government on Marijuana as requested by Prime Minister Mackenzie King,
she states: "... while in this condition (on pot) they become raving
maniacs and are liable to kill or indulge in any form of violence to other
persons, using the most savage methods without any sense of moral
responsibility."

This is why the use of marijuana is illegal in Canada (since Jan. 31, 1923)
and why over 600,000 Canadians have criminal records for using marijuana.
Perhaps this reasoning should be re-examined considering the current data
available.

RICHARD A. CAMPBELL-WARD, Vancouver, B.C.