News (Media Awareness Project) - CN BC: PUB LTE: Legalize It |
Title: | CN BC: PUB LTE: Legalize It |
Published On: | 2004-08-27 |
Source: | Similkameen Spotlight (CN BC) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-18 01:38:05 |
LEGALIZE IT
Let's assume for the moment that those like you who are demonizing meth are
not lying about it as is done with respect to other illegal drugs.
If users were free to purchase clean, cheap, quality-tested marijuana,
cocaine, heroin etc... at the corner store, why would anyone bother with
such an awful drug as meth? In any event, who's to say that most of the harm
done by meth is caused by adulterants in the drug and that when the drug is
produced legally by knowledgeable and reliable people, it will be much less
harmful?
The best way to reduce the harm and heartbreak of illegal drugs is to
legalize them.
Alan Randell
Editor's note; The preceding was a response to last week's editorial "meth
bad for town."
Let's assume for the moment that those like you who are demonizing meth are
not lying about it as is done with respect to other illegal drugs.
If users were free to purchase clean, cheap, quality-tested marijuana,
cocaine, heroin etc... at the corner store, why would anyone bother with
such an awful drug as meth? In any event, who's to say that most of the harm
done by meth is caused by adulterants in the drug and that when the drug is
produced legally by knowledgeable and reliable people, it will be much less
harmful?
The best way to reduce the harm and heartbreak of illegal drugs is to
legalize them.
Alan Randell
Editor's note; The preceding was a response to last week's editorial "meth
bad for town."
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