MISSED MAIN POINT

Dear Editor:

Letter writer Victor J. Cyr (The Sunday Herald, Sept. 15) has missed the
biggest point of the Senate report. It states that decisions concerning
marijuana, in regard to the fact that it is less harmful than alcohol or
tobacco, should be devolved to the provinces.

Therefore, regulation is really not a federal decision to make. Once
marijuana is a provincial regulatory function, the rules in regard to age,
sales and driving may be different in each province.

The fact is that in my province, British Columbia, support for legalization
is close to 60 per cent; this law is viewed as a perfect example of Eastern
waste, and regulation should be our provincial decision. We should not have
to live with a law the majority so clearly despises.

Chuck Beyer, Victoria, B.C.