GOVERNMENT SHOULD SIDE WITH MAJORITY

Re: "Courts too lenient on pot growers," Nov. 28.

You want more stringent penalties for the production of a product which
more than half of Canadians want legal -- a product which the Senate has
reviewed and deemed less dangerous than alcohol and tobacco?

Why not side with the far more virtuous position that the government should
follow the majority views of Canadians and the Senate. The Senate has
called for the provincialization and regulation of marijuana like the wine
industry.

Your editorial view that more Canadians should be sacrificed to the holy
altar of the War on Drugs for longer sentences against the wishes of the
Canadian majority is morally and fiscally repugnant.

AIDS is a problem, homelessness is a problem, hunger is a problem. Violent
criminals are a problem. Terrorism is a problem. Marijuana is not a problem
- -- except in regards to a law that does not have popular support.

Chuck Beyer,

Victoria.