News (Media Awareness Project) - CN AB: PUB LTE: Many Concerns Unfounded |
| Title: | CN AB: PUB LTE: Many Concerns Unfounded |
| Published On: | 2003-11-18 |
| Source: | Fort Saskatchewan Record, The (CN AB) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-19 05:48:51 |
MANY CONCERNS UNFOUNDED
In reponse to a letter on the "war on drugs" published by the Sherwood Park
News, David Kilgour and other's who share his concerns, it's seems you have
not read the Canadian Sentate Commitee's Report on Drug refom
[http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/1/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/ille-e/rep-e/summary-e.htm].
Many of your concerns are unfounded and simply more rhetoric not based on
facts and years of research. I do agree that cannabis may be more potent
now than it was 30 years ago, but that's good thing because you don't have
to smoke as much, two or three puffs is all one needs, there by lowering
the health risked associated with smoking.
That our trade with the US would suffer by ending prohibition? I doubt the
US is not going to stop buying our energy, water and whatever else the can
get there greedy big hands on for there best interests. Statistics have
recently shown that young persons are smoking less tobacco that they used
to because it's harder to buy because it is more tightly regulated, however
young persons are smoking more marijuana, because marijuana is not
regulated like tobacco is.
Under prohibition, drug dealers don't have to ask anyone for ID (that you
are legal age) to buy drugs. I think it is irresponsible for the government
not to legalize and regulate the marijuana. Beyond that, the real issue is
personal freedom of choice for people to consume whatever healthly or
unhealthy substance they choose, provided knowing the real risks involved.
I think there are a lot more dangerous things in our society than
marijuana, like rotwiler dogs who chew up small children like poor James
Waddel who is dead. But anyone can still grow rotwilers.
Cannabis plants don't eat little children. When are politicians and police
associations going to admit prohibition is a dismal failure and a missuse
of tax payer dollars. I just pray that our police don't start assaults on
schools pulling guns on students like the US has just recently done.
It's pretty clear to me that the 'war on drugs' is doing more harm than the
drugs themselves.
John Wittan
Edmonton
In reponse to a letter on the "war on drugs" published by the Sherwood Park
News, David Kilgour and other's who share his concerns, it's seems you have
not read the Canadian Sentate Commitee's Report on Drug refom
[http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/1/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/ille-e/rep-e/summary-e.htm].
Many of your concerns are unfounded and simply more rhetoric not based on
facts and years of research. I do agree that cannabis may be more potent
now than it was 30 years ago, but that's good thing because you don't have
to smoke as much, two or three puffs is all one needs, there by lowering
the health risked associated with smoking.
That our trade with the US would suffer by ending prohibition? I doubt the
US is not going to stop buying our energy, water and whatever else the can
get there greedy big hands on for there best interests. Statistics have
recently shown that young persons are smoking less tobacco that they used
to because it's harder to buy because it is more tightly regulated, however
young persons are smoking more marijuana, because marijuana is not
regulated like tobacco is.
Under prohibition, drug dealers don't have to ask anyone for ID (that you
are legal age) to buy drugs. I think it is irresponsible for the government
not to legalize and regulate the marijuana. Beyond that, the real issue is
personal freedom of choice for people to consume whatever healthly or
unhealthy substance they choose, provided knowing the real risks involved.
I think there are a lot more dangerous things in our society than
marijuana, like rotwiler dogs who chew up small children like poor James
Waddel who is dead. But anyone can still grow rotwilers.
Cannabis plants don't eat little children. When are politicians and police
associations going to admit prohibition is a dismal failure and a missuse
of tax payer dollars. I just pray that our police don't start assaults on
schools pulling guns on students like the US has just recently done.
It's pretty clear to me that the 'war on drugs' is doing more harm than the
drugs themselves.
John Wittan
Edmonton
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