MARIJUANA ADVOCATES UNITE

Dear Editor,

The problem here is rooted more deeply than underage cigarette and
cannabis use.

When a child tells his mother to "F- off," it's obvious that the
child-parent relationship needs work.

This mother should work on that relationship, perhaps by spending more
time with her child, rather than decry the common-sense approach
police and school administrators used in this instance.

Tim Meehan

Ontario Consumers for Safe Access to Recreational Cannabis

Toronto

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.