AMERICAN THREATS A BLUFF

CANADA NEED not worry that the U.S. will impede the border traffic if
Canada decriminalizes marijuana. That's all bluff. If there's anything that
outweighs the drug warriors and their morality concerns, it's the power of
American business and its money. It's beyond the reach of the Drug
Enforcement Administration to interfere with the billions of dollars in
cross-border trade that enrich Canadians and Americans alike. For all their
chest-puffing and moralistic posturing, American politicians are keenly
attuned to the economy of their constituencies and vigorously defend their
businesses. Any attempt to cripple our own economy by hindering trade with
Canada because of your marijuana laws is sure to boomerang into the drug
warriors' faces. It will not help to put American workers out of jobs and
cause businesses to fold because of the fanatical pursuit of a drug-free
America that is unattainable.

Harry D. Fisher,

Woodland Hills, California

(All we know is we can't bring oranges across the border.)