FINES COULD REDUCE MARIJUANA CONSUMPTION

So let me get this straight, the federal government is replacing jail time
with fines for being caught with 15 grams of marijuana or less and spending
$240 million on a program to get kids to stop smoking it. Unless they're
going to crack down like meter maids and issue fines left and right to pay
for this, I smell another Liberal boondoggle here.

In some twisted way I think this could actually reduce consumption. If the
police aren't arresting kids then they'll probably start handing out the
fines - anyone who walks around with 15 joints can afford the $100 .

So as long as we still say doing drugs is wrong and is against the law, I'm
okay with the fines. The goal is curbing consumption, and if the fines can
do that, (whereas jail has failed), then great. If the police aren't giving
out the fines, well, it's another Liberal waste of money and time.

The ad campaign idea though just cracks me up... what, Groupaction's first
quarter results were a little low?

Jonathan Colford