MARIJUANA ADVOCATES UNITE

The punishment her son received was in line with harm reduction.
Tobacco is one of the most harmful substances on the planet. Cannabis
is one of the safest and most benign.

It is much more important that we keep our children off tobacco and
alcohol than worry about whether they toke.

Look up on the Internet, or read the excellent book 'Marijuana Myths
Marijuana Facts' by Lynn Zimmer, PhD and John P. Morgan, MD, and then
you will see this is true. The harm is in the prohibition, not in the
herb.

Bruce Symington

Medicine Hat

Editor's note: Seldom does one single piece in the Lacombe Globe
generate such a major response.

Two issues ago, we printed a letter titled, "Marijuana and cigarette
consequences irk mom," in which a high school student's mother was
disgusted that her son was fined for having cigarettes but not marijuana.

Our policy of not running anonymous letters didn't apply--neither the
mom nor son could be identified due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act,
but the contents of the letter were too interesting to ignore.

Within a week of the letter being published, my e-mail inbox began to
fill up. Marijuana advocates from across Canada were dismayed.

Here's a taste of what they said.