POT LAW POINTLESS

What are Jean Chretien and the gang smoking? They're running a country with
a health care crisis, a skills shortage, and a pension plan that may not
have enough cash available when the baby boomer generation retires.

We have the SARS crisis to deal with, our cattle industry is reeling from
its brush with mad cow, and the Americans have taken us to the cleaners on
softwood.

Instead of dealing with these formidable challenges, and the many others
that face our country, the Chretien Liberals are decriminalizing pot. The
legislation means it will be okay to have modest amounts of marijuana, and
smoke all a person could want. The only criminal act would be to have
enough to sell, or to be caught growing the stuff.

The crooks are laughing so hard, their bellies are about to split. The
market for marijuana when it was a crime to have it was pretty good. Now
Ottawa intends to guarantee demand will go through the roof.

Organized crime doesn't give a damn about stiffer penalties for production
and trafficking, the people are the top are rarely the ones caught. They've
just been guaranteed a more lucrative livelihood.

If it's a crime to possess more than 15 grams of marijuana, then it should
be a crime to possess less. If it's a crime to grow and sell it, it should
be a crime to smoke it.

Jean Chretien has been searching for a legacy to mark his place in history.
Who would have thought he'd settle for an act of monumental stupidity?