DON'T FACILITATE

Dear Editor:

The Senate committee report that recommended the full legalization of
marijuana is both irresponsible and foolhardy.

Look at the myriad problems that legalized drugs such as alcohol and
tobacco bring. Why would we want to add another one to the mix?

We must put greater emphasis and more resources into alerting the young to
the dangers of any recreational substance habit as well as assisting those
already caught up in this problem.

They must be motivated to believe that the healthiest, most productive way
of living with ourselves and with others is in a drug-free existence.

Though we will always have with us those who are going to be illegal drug
users anyway, this should not be an excuse for us to acquiesce to their
problematic lifestyle.

They need our help, not our approval for the wrong choices they are making.

As a teenager and young adult who once experimented with pot for 10 years,
I realize now the dangers it can pose to our young people in the long run.

Now as an adult, middle-aged Christian man, personal faith in Jesus has
been the deep source of my healing and renewed joy in life.

I am with the Canadian Police Association on this issue. The
recommendations of the Senate Committee are not wise and need to be
rejected outright by the powers that be.

Victor J. Cyr, Halifax