News (Media Awareness Project) - CN QU: PUB LTE: Prohibition Encourages Criminals |
| Title: | CN QU: PUB LTE: Prohibition Encourages Criminals |
| Published On: | 2003-05-31 |
| Source: | Montreal Gazette (CN QU) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-20 05:50:08 |
PROHIBITION ENCOURAGES CRIMINALS
When will the government learn a simple equation? Prohibition = profits.
Profits = organized crime. Thus, prohibition = organized crime. This lesson
should have been learned by now. The best way to eliminate biker gangs from
the cannabis trade is to heed the Senate's recommendation and legalize and
regulate cannabis. You don't see employees of Starbucks and Tim Horton's
shooting it out over the coffee trade, do you?
Kirk Tousaw
B.C. Civil Liberties Association
When will the government learn a simple equation? Prohibition = profits.
Profits = organized crime. Thus, prohibition = organized crime. This lesson
should have been learned by now. The best way to eliminate biker gangs from
the cannabis trade is to heed the Senate's recommendation and legalize and
regulate cannabis. You don't see employees of Starbucks and Tim Horton's
shooting it out over the coffee trade, do you?
Kirk Tousaw
B.C. Civil Liberties Association
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