MARIJUANA BAN CORRUPTS SOCIETY

You let the criminals take over when you gave them monopoly control over a
product used by 10 per cent of Canadians.

Every step of the way the government's handling of matters has made them
worse. Creating more draconian laws in regards to marijuana-growing will
ensure that the price goes up while demand remains the same or grows --
ensuring even more prohibition-related violence and substantially more money
that needs to be laundered.

So the question becomes: When will we do what needs to be done? Marijuana
must be regulated like alcohol.

Unfortunately -- as displayed by the recent legislative raids -- those
making the marijuana laws appear to be closely related to those profiting
from prohibition and our governments may already be beholden to the status
quo to protect associates in the underground economy.

We in the anti-prohibition movement have been telling you all along that
prohibition corrupts all institutions.

Chuck Beyer,

Port Alberni.