THE GOAL IS CURBING CONSUMPTION

LET ME get this straight. The federal Liberals are going to replace jail
with fines for having 15 grams or less of marijuana. And they're going to
spend $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 because no one feels getting caught smoking a joint is worth
a criminal record, then the cops will probably start handing out the fines
and anyone who walks around with 15 joints can afford the $100 (or their
father can). So long as we still say that doing drugs is wrong and against
the law, I'm fine with the fines. The goal is curbing consumption, and if
the fines can do that, whereas jail has failed, then great. If the cops
aren't giving out tickets, then the new law will be another Liberal waste
of money and time.

Jonathan Colford

(We think the new law won't work.)