LEGALIZING POT THE WAY TO GO

Dear Editor - Re: your editorial "Lightening up on cannabis use" (The
Guelph Mercury, July 12).

Thanks for voicing the obvious. A grip on reality is always welcome at a
time when the truth is sacrificed more each day for shareholder approval in
the corporate media.

However, I think it is dangerous to entertain any measures to defray the
cost of the drug war other than outright legalization, regulation and
distribution for illegal drugs like cannabis. If people were able to grow
their own personal supply, there would be virtually no electricity costs to
defray.

Let's stay the course to a sane society that realizes no drug will go away
by prohibiting it's existence and criminalizing users.

Regulation of all substances humans are likely to ingest is the least
harmful way to deal with their effects and we know it.

Debra Harper

Victoria, BC