HEALTH CANADA SHOULDN'T BE IN THE POT BUSINESS

Re: Health Canada-grown marijuana. Once again the government has dropped the
ball when it comes to marijuana. While tens of thousands of people across
Canada grow cannabis, a company -- getting $5.75 million of taxpayers' money
from Health Canada to grow pot in a mine shaft for sick people -- ends up
growing shwagg that may actually be dangerous.

This is just more evidence that prohibition needs to end right now.
Not only will it stop this embarrassing Health Canada debacle, it will
provide thousands of sick Canadians with the medicine that they need,
and stop treating them like criminals. It will also save over a
billion dollars annually.

Then the police, the courts, and the jails can all be used for real
criminals instead of gardeners.

Russell Barth

Ottawa