News (Media Awareness Project) - CN ON: PUB LTE: Legalize and Regulate Pot |
Title: | CN ON: PUB LTE: Legalize and Regulate Pot |
Published On: | 2003-11-13 |
Source: | Toronto Sun (CN ON) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-19 06:10:45 |
LEGALIZE AND REGULATE POT
RE "HAZARDS of a job" by Mark Bonokoski (Nov. 5): The sooner the feds
wriggle their way out from under America's thumb and get pot
production, distribution and sale into a regulated framework, the
sooner all the problems with illegal grow-ops will dry up and
disappear. I'm looking forward to the proposed decriminalization bill
dying with Jean Chretien's departure. Decriminalizing small-time
possession will only increase its use among young people and increase
the motivation for gangs to set up grow houses to meet the demand.
It's time to let a regulated industry grow the stuff with proper rules
for safety. It's time to leave distribution to Dutch-style "coffee
shops" or the LCBO - places that can demand ID and enforce age
restrictions. Why should grow-ops cost taxpayers hundreds of millions
in policing when government could instead be earning millions in tax
revenue?
Jack Cartier
Toronto
(A question more and more people are asking)
RE "HAZARDS of a job" by Mark Bonokoski (Nov. 5): The sooner the feds
wriggle their way out from under America's thumb and get pot
production, distribution and sale into a regulated framework, the
sooner all the problems with illegal grow-ops will dry up and
disappear. I'm looking forward to the proposed decriminalization bill
dying with Jean Chretien's departure. Decriminalizing small-time
possession will only increase its use among young people and increase
the motivation for gangs to set up grow houses to meet the demand.
It's time to let a regulated industry grow the stuff with proper rules
for safety. It's time to leave distribution to Dutch-style "coffee
shops" or the LCBO - places that can demand ID and enforce age
restrictions. Why should grow-ops cost taxpayers hundreds of millions
in policing when government could instead be earning millions in tax
revenue?
Jack Cartier
Toronto
(A question more and more people are asking)
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