POSSESSION LAWS 'TRULY DOOMED'

Re: Limbo for pot charges (June 10, Sentinel-Review).

The Rogin case, which instituted the state of current affairs that there is
no possession law, is being appealed to the Ontario Court of Appeals. This
is the same court that issued the Parker decision in July 2000, that
ordered Parliament to rewrite the possession laws to allow medical access
to cannabis, lest the possession law be stricken from the books as of July
2001.

Your Parliament did not act. Parker is unquestionable and cannot be
challenged. I highly doubt the Appeals Court that issued Parker will
reverse or ignore their order.

In addition, the newest proposed decriminalization bill does not allow for
medical access to cannabis. It will also be in direct violation of Parker
and would probably also be tossed out in Ontario courts. Since all law is
federal in Canada and other provinces take their lead from Ontario courts,
it would appear to me possession of 30

grams or less of marijuana is going to be completely legal for the
foreseeable future. For Ontario and soon enough for your whole country.

I have yet to witness that the drug warriors recognize the fate of these
unscholarly laws. The possession laws are truly doomed.

Matthew Hulett

Brick, N.J.