News (Media Awareness Project) - Canada: PUB LTE: Reefer Madness 1 of 2 |
| Title: | Canada: PUB LTE: Reefer Madness 1 of 2 |
| Published On: | 2003-10-29 |
| Source: | Globe and Mail (Canada) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-19 07:28:04 |
REEFER MADNESS
Imagine writing an article straight out of Reefer Madness and getting it
published in The Globe in 2003. (Lax Pot Laws Lure Criminals to Canada,
Police Suggest -- Oct. 28). With no connection between the shootings at
Queen and Ossington streets (a truly shocking event) and marijuana use and
trafficking, Staff Inspector Gary Ellis decides to take a shot at marijuana
users as the monster in the woodpile of crime in Canada.
I think Staff Inspector Ellis has the story askew; if we legalized
marijuana there would be no criminal profit to be made from growing this
most benign herb.
Patrick Conner,
Toronto
Imagine writing an article straight out of Reefer Madness and getting it
published in The Globe in 2003. (Lax Pot Laws Lure Criminals to Canada,
Police Suggest -- Oct. 28). With no connection between the shootings at
Queen and Ossington streets (a truly shocking event) and marijuana use and
trafficking, Staff Inspector Gary Ellis decides to take a shot at marijuana
users as the monster in the woodpile of crime in Canada.
I think Staff Inspector Ellis has the story askew; if we legalized
marijuana there would be no criminal profit to be made from growing this
most benign herb.
Patrick Conner,
Toronto
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