WAR ON MARIJUANA IS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY

RE: "POT policy scandalizes drug czar," by Mindelle Jacobs, June 16.

The constant lies spewed by those fighting the war on drugs is laughable.
What is even funnier is that they are coming to Canada to try to spread
their lies.

Perhaps the U.S. drug czar should have considered that 10% of Canadians
were reported to have used marijuana in the past year, 45% of Canadians
have tried marijuana in their lifetime, and approximately 70% of Canadians
feel that marijuana should be decriminalized and/or legalized.

It's time for the war on drugs to give up trying to make criminals out of
ordinary citizens that may occasionally smoke pot. The real danger of drug
abuse is in relation to hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin, not
marijuana. The war on drugs has turned left and is now the war on
marijuana. What a waste of time and money!

Kirk Stephens,

Red Deer

(You could say that Canadians are used to being lied to by politicians.)