OUTLAWING POT MAKES NO SENSE

Editor, The News:

So yet another study has been presented showing that the evil weed is, in
fact, not so evil at all.

So far we've heard that it should be disregarded because it's a "back to
school gift for drug pushers" (ignoring that underage use and unregulated
sales would be prohibited under legalization) and the "wrong message" to
send to youth (in other words, lie to them with the status quo propaganda).
Of course, when one takes time to actually read the Senate report, these
and other weak arguments prohibitionists present are demolished
convincingly, and with medical and scientific proof.

There is no justification at all - legal, medical or moral - for the
prohibition of cannabis. In the 1990s, neo-conservatives were quite
successful in portraying public union bosses as "fat cats" that make all
kinds of ridiculous statements in the never-ending quest for more funding.
Why should the dinosaurs at the Canadian Police Association or the National
Association of Professional Police, two groups that have come out strongly
against this report, be viewed in any other light?

Tim Meehan communications director Ontario Consumers for Safe Access to
Recreational Cannabis Toronto