SCARE TACTICS DON'T HELP

Howard J. Wooldridge, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Frederick, Md. -- During my 18 years of police work, I was sent to
zero service calls generated by the use of marijuana (Not The Groovy
'60s: Today's Cannabis Is Harder And Meaner - June 27). Today's
smokers buy pot that is two to four times stronger than the weed of
the 1970s. The only difference is that the user (making a poor choice
to use the drug) can become high, faster.

It is the equivalent of switching from a weaker beer to a stronger
one: It is still beer. Margaret Wente is using scare tactics instead
of science to frighten Canadians. Moreover, how is the prohibition of
cannabis helping anyone in Canada?