AROUND CANADA

GROUP URGES NATIONAL DRUG STRATEGY

OTTAWA -- A group representing Canadian municipal police authorities urged
the federal government to implement a national drug strategy yesterday as
it denounced the legalization of illicit drugs, including marijuana.

"This resolution, which has been endorsed by all three of the country's
national policing advocates -- the boards, the officers and the chiefs --
we believe will send a clear message to our nation's leaders," Herb
Kreling, president of the Canadian Association of Police Boards, told a
news conference. The association, which represents over 50 municipal police
boards and commissions across Canada, passed the resolution during its
annual general meeting.